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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| 侄 侄 | nephew | |
| 不公 不公 | unjust; unfair | |
| 回执 回執 | receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item) | |
| 桂 桂 | cassia or cinnamon | |
| 珍 珍 | precious, valuable, rare | |
| 财路 財路 | livelihood | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 汇款 匯款 | to remit money; remittance | |
| 煤气 煤氣 | coal gas; gas (fuel) | |
| 煤 煤 | coal | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 叉 叉 | to diverge; to open (as legs) | |
| 挣钱 掙錢 | to make money | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 签字 簽字 | to sign (one's name); signature | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 逃跑 逃跑 | to flee from sth; to run away; to escape | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 挣 掙 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 涨 漲 | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 按摩 按摩 | massage; to massage | |
| 暖 㬉 | warm; to warm | |
| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 显 顯 | to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 渴望 渴望 | to thirst for; to long for | |
| 挡 擋 | to arrange; to put in order | |
| 局长 局長 | bureau chief | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 价 價 | price; value; (chemistry) valence | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very |