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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趟 䠀 tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
赌 賭 dǔ to bet; to gamble HSK 6
舞蹈 舞蹈 wǔ dǎo dance (performance art); dancing HSK 6
团队 團隊 tuán duì team HSK 6
聊 聊 liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
权力 權力 quán lì power; authority HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly HSK 6
股 股 gǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
威胁 威脅 wēi xié to threaten; to menace HSK 6
队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks; troops; queue; line; procession HSK 6
副 副 fù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
啥 啥 shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
最终 最終 zuì zhōng final; ultimate HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
纸老虎 紙老虎 zhǐ lǎo hǔ paper tiger Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
闹鬼 鬧鬼 nào guǐ haunted Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
小舅子 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
军师 軍師 jūn shī (old) military counselor; (coll.) trusted adviser Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
估计 估計 gū jì to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose Colloquialism HSK 5
斌 斌 bīn refined, having both appearance ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
流产 流產 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage; (fig.) to fail; to fall through ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
宏 宏 hóng wide, spacious, great, vast ∼HSK 5
皇冠 皇冠 huáng guān crown (headgear) ∼HSK 5
稍等 稍等 shāo děng to wait a moment ∼HSK 5
倩 倩 qiàn beautiful, lovely; son-in-law ∼HSK 5
不舍 不捨 bù shě reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of ∼HSK 5
老年痴呆 老年痴獃 lǎo nián chī dāi senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease ∼HSK 5
昧 昧 mèi obscure, dark; darken ∼HSK 5
怂 慫 sóng instigate, arouse, incite ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
哈密瓜 哈密瓜 hā mì guā Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon); honeydew melon; cantaloupe ∼HSK 5
谣 謠 yáo sing; folksong, ballad; rumor ∼HSK 5
彻查 徹查 chè chá to investigate thoroughly ∼HSK 5
闲心 閑心 xián xīn leisurely mood; relaxed frame of mind ∼HSK 5
蚂蚁 螞蟻 mǎ yǐ ant ∼HSK 5
放贷 放貸 fàng dài to provide loans ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
假币 假幣 jiǎ bì counterfeit money ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
亏得 虧得 kuī de fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate! ∼HSK 5
烧麦 燒麥 shāo mài shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written ∼HSK 5