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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de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc HSK 2
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
èr bǎi idiot; stupid person; a dope Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
exultation Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
西 西 shì dōng xi (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing; worthless nobody; no-good Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
shàng can't compare with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
liǎo at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
méi guān xi it doesn't matter Xiehouyu HSK 1
duì bu I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
xiǎo sān mistress; the other woman (coll.); grade 3 in elementary school Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
yǒu bìng to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
duì duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zuó r (coll.) yesterday Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shǎo lái refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it! Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
(coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shàng chuáng to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài r erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar Colloquialism HSK 1
ye (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 1
nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
Rén Renmin University of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Mèng Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
xīn Daxin county in Chongzuo, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1