Blind Shaft 2003
盲井
Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.
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Vocabulary
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| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 最少 最少 | at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal | |
| 一来 一來 | firstly,... | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 弟妹 弟妹 | younger sibling; younger brother's wife | |
| 最多 最多 | at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal | |
| 动脑 動腦 | to use one's brain | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 点出 點出 | to point out; to indicate | |
| 点菜 點菜 | to order dishes (in a restaurant) | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 远人 遠人 | an estranged person; sb who is alienated; people far from home | |
| 买票 買票 | to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) | |
| 十六 十六 | sixteen; 16 | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 试工 試工 | to work for a trial period; worker on probation | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 一说 一說 | an expression of opinion; according to some | |
| 考上 考上 | to pass a university entrance exam | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 十四 十四 | fourteen; 14 | |
| 正要 正要 | to be just about to; to be on the point of | |
| 老老 老老 | maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 天干 天干 | the 10 heavenly stems,,,,,,,,,, used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc | |
| 跑出 跑出 | to run out | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 出钱 出錢 | to pay | |
| 工钱 工錢 | salary; wages | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 对不住 對不住 | to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 小孩儿 小孩兒 | erhua variant of 小孩; child | |
| 真是的 真是的 | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | |
| 上边 上邊 | the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up | |
| 课本 課本 | textbook | |
| 不用说 不用說 | needless to say; it goes without saying | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient |