Caught in the Web

Caught in the Web 2012

sōusuǒ

The story of three women whose worlds collide - a social commentary about the 'sound bite' society we are becoming, where perception becomes reality and judgments based on limited facts quickly spread, without regard for the truth or the damage they could cause.

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4.15 Intermediate Director Chen Kaige 🍅 7%

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Vocabulary

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tóu to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed HSK 4
xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination HSK 4
shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge HSK 4
Wǎng luò Internet HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
zhàng fu husband HSK 4
chuán tǒng tradition; traditional; convention; conventional HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
yǐn to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse HSK 4
qīn ài dear; beloved; darling HSK 4
wife and children HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
it seems; seemingly; as if HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
xiàng item; project; (sports) event HSK 4
zhī one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
biǎo shì to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
zhì liáo to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
xiào liǎn all smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly Idiom ∼HSK 3
guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom); fig. to cheat; dishonest advertising; wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue Idiom ∼HSK 3
yào yào huó terribly; awfully; desperately Idiom ∼HSK 3
dāo - liǎng duàn (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with Idiom ∼HSK 3