Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White 2018

江湖儿女 jiāng hú érnǚ

Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.

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3.87 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 99%

Cast

Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Zhao Qiao Liao Fan Liao Fan Guo Bin Diao Yinan Diao Yinan Lin Jiadong Ding Jiali Ding Jiali Woman on Boat Dong Zijian Dong Zijian Policeman in Fengjie Xu Zheng Xu Zheng Man from Karamay Zhang Yibai Zhang Yibai First Man in Fengjie Restaurant Zhang Yi Zhang Yi Second Man in Fengjie Restaurant Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang Feng Jiamei Feng Jiamei

Vocabulary

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探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc); to look inquiringly ∼HSK 6
野人 野人 yě rén a savage; uncivilized person; (old) commoner ∼HSK 6
投胎 投胎 tóu tāi to be reincarnated ∼HSK 6
觉察 覺察 jué chá to sense; to perceive; to come to realize; to be aware ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
左撇子 左撇子 zuǒ piě zi left-hander ∼HSK 6
洁具 潔具 jié jù bathroom fittings (washbasin, bathtub, toilet etc) ∼HSK 6
地广人稀 地廣人稀 dì guǎng rén xī vast, but sparsely populated ∼HSK 6
招人 招人 zhāo rén to be infectious; to recruit ∼HSK 6
摸清 摸清 mō qīng to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain ∼HSK 6
同道中人 同道中人 tóng dào zhōng rén kindred spirit ∼HSK 6
宇宙观 宇宙觀 yǔ zhòu guān world view; conception of the universe ∼HSK 6
刑满 刑滿 xíng mǎn to complete a prison sentence ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
消气 消氣 xiāo qì to cool one's temper ∼HSK 6
慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train; slow train with many stops HSK 6
拆迁 拆遷 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants HSK 6
一行 一行 yī xíng party; delegation HSK 6
阔 闊 kuò rich; wide; broad HSK 6
打牌 打牌 dǎ pái to play mahjong or cards HSK 6
黑夜 黑夜 hēi yè night HSK 6
不至于 不至於 bù zhì yú unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as HSK 6
处处 處處 chù chù everywhere; in all respects HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
车牌 車牌 chē pái license plate HSK 6
没收 沒收 mò shōu to confiscate; to seize HSK 6
懒 懶 lǎn lazy HSK 6
牢 牢 láo firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison HSK 6
矿 礦 kuàng mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine HSK 6
挨 挨 āi in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to HSK 6
晓得 曉得 xiǎo de to know HSK 6
看好 看好 kān hǎo to keep an eye on HSK 6
重建 重建 chóng jiàn to rebuild; to reestablish; reconstruction; rebuilding HSK 6
净 淨 jìng clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role HSK 6
祖国 祖國 zǔ guó motherland HSK 6
跨 跨 kuà to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span HSK 6
铺 鋪 pū to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker HSK 6
咋 咋 zǎ dialectal equivalent of 怎么 HSK 6
捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
娃娃 娃娃 wá wa baby; small child; doll HSK 6
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown HSK 6
持有 持有 chí yǒu to hold (passport, views etc) HSK 6
录像 錄像 lù xiàng to videotape; to videorecord; video recording HSK 6
策划 策劃 cè huà to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner HSK 6
算了 算了 suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
赚钱 賺錢 zhuàn qián to earn money; moneymaking HSK 6
升级 升級 shēng jí to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade HSK 6
判 判 pàn to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable HSK 6
创意 創意 chuàng yì creative; creativity HSK 6
田 田 tián field; farm HSK 6