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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| 扫兴 掃興 | to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 窑 窯 | kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel | Colloquialism |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 歪 歪 | askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 搀 攙 | to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate | |
| 亏待 虧待 | to treat sb unfairly | |
| 公安局 公安局 | public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) | |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 来年 來年 | next year; the coming year | |
| 较劲 較勁 | to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort | |
| 没落 沒落 | to decline; to wane | |
| 利害 利害 | pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses | |
| 顺路 順路 | by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently | |
| 个案 個案 | individual case; special case | |
| 筐 筐 | basket | |
| 枪毙 槍斃 | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of | |
| 煤炭 煤炭 | coal | |
| 捧场 捧場 | to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter | |
| 效益 效益 | benefit; effectiveness; efficiency | |
| 抠 摳 | to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly | |
| 火锅 火鍋 | hotpot | |
| 瞅 瞅 | (dialect) to look at | |
| 大笔 大筆 | Large | |
| 知足 知足 | content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness) | |
| 帝国主义 帝國主義 | imperialism | |
| 镶 鑲 | to inlay; to embed; ridge; border | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 好歹 好歹 | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever | |
| 掏钱 掏錢 | to pay; to spend money; to fork out | |
| 伺候 伺候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 扣除 扣除 | to deduct | |
| 收据 收據 | receipt | |
| 蒜 蒜 | garlic | |
| 攒 攢 | to bring together | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 梳 梳 | a comb; to comb | |
| 贪 貪 | to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt | |
| 活儿 活兒 | work; (lots of) things to do | |
| 懂事 懂事 | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent | |
| 电报 電報 | telegram; cable; telegraph | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 好说 好說 | easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me | |
| 大队 大隊 | group; a large body of; production brigade; military group | |
| 筋 筋 | muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate |