Ash Is Purest White 2018
江湖儿女
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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Vocabulary
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| 怀 懷 | bosom, breast; carry in bosom | |
| 报案 報案 | to report a case to the authorities | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 马仔 馬仔 | henchman; gang member | |
| 咱俩 咱倆 | the two of us | |
| 画卷 畫卷 | picture scroll | |
| 厨子 廚子 | cook | |
| 下厨 下廚 | to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook | |
| 专车 專車 | special (or reserved) train (or bus etc); limousine; private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app | |
| 为啥 為啥 | dialectal equivalent of | |
| 长江 長江 | Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang | |
| 能干 能幹 | capable; competent | |
| 轮椅 輪椅 | wheelchair | |
| 讲究 講究 | to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 食堂 食堂 | dining hall; cafeteria | |
| 光临 光臨 | (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend | |
| 新郎 新郎 | bridegroom; groom | |
| 预订 預訂 | to place an order; to book ahead | |
| 利息 利息 | interest (on a loan) | |
| 顺序 順序 | sequence; order | |
| 吸烟 吸煙 | to smoke | |
| 总理 總理 | premier; prime minister | |
| 老虎 老虎 | tiger | |
| 抽烟 抽煙 | to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) | |
| 招呼 招呼 | to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not | |
| 办事 辦事 | to handle (affairs); to work | |
| 燃烧 燃燒 | to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming | |
| 新娘 新娘 | bride | |
| 渐渐 漸漸 | gradually | |
| 小伙子 小伙子 | young man; young guy; lad; youngster | |
| 列车 列車 | (railway) train | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 装修 裝修 | to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate | |
| 移民 移民 | to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant | |
| 减肥 減肥 | to lose weight | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 过分 過分 | excessive; undue; overly | |
| 战胜 戰勝 | to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount | |
| 负担 負擔 | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 酸 酸 | sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid | |
| 总之 總之 | in a word; in short; in brief | |
| 黑暗 黑暗 | dark; darkly; darkness | |
| 森林 森林 | forest | |
| 固定 固定 | to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) |