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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可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
无中生有 無中生有 wú zhōng shēng yǒu to create something from nothing (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
跑江湖 跑江湖 pǎo jiāng hú to make a living as a traveling performer etc Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
粗心 粗心 cū xīn careless; thoughtless Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
大同 大同 Dà tóng Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province; Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County, Taiwan; Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Datong District of Daqing City, Heilongjiang; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奉节 奉節 Fèng jié Fengjie, a county in Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三峡 三峽 Sān xiá Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
呼和浩特 呼和浩特 Hū hé hào tè Hohhot, prefecture-level city and capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
朔州 朔州 Shuò zhōu Shuozhou, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
巴东 巴東 Bā dōng Badong County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宜昌 宜昌 Yí chāng Yichang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乌鲁木齐 烏魯木齊 Wū lǔ mù qí Ürümqi, prefecture-level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
克拉玛依 克拉瑪依 Kè lā mǎ yī Karamay, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港澳 港澳 Gǎng Ào Hong Kong and Macao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
泰和 泰和 Tài hé Taihe county, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐诗 唐詩 Táng shī Tang poetry; a Tang poem Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大卫 大衛 Dà wèi (name) David Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
万州 萬州 Wàn zhōu Wanzhou, a district of Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宾利 賓利 Bīn lì Bentley Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奉节县 奉節縣 Fèng jié Xiàn Fengjie, a county in Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
桑海 桑海 Sāng hǎi Songhay people of Mali and the Sahara Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗布泊 羅布泊 Luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
宣 宣 Xuān declare, announce, proclaim ∼HSK 4
自家 自家 zì jiā oneself; one's own family ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
专访 專訪 zhuān fǎng to interview (a particular person or on a particular topic); special interview; special report based on such an interview ∼HSK 4
际 際 jì border, boundary, juncture ∼HSK 4
无产阶级 無產階級 wú chǎn jiē jí proletariat ∼HSK 4
国际化 國際化 guó jì huà to internationalize; internationalization ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
深浅 深淺 shēn qiǎn deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum ∼HSK 4
降福 降福 jiàng fú blessings from heaven ∼HSK 4
客轮 客輪 kè lún passenger ship ∼HSK 4
遗迹 遺跡 yí jì trace; vestige; historical remains; remnant ∼HSK 4
大项 大項 dà xiàng main item (of program) ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
父老 父老 fù lǎo elders ∼HSK 4
适 適 kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4