Chungking Express

Chungking Express 1994

chóngqìng sēnlín

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

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3.45 Beginner Director Wong Kar-Wai 🍅 89%

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dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
jiā (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
hǎo several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
qián tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
zǒu cuò to go the wrong way; to take the wrong (road, exit etc) ∼HSK 1
huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
hái r erhua variant of 女孩; girl HSK 1
tiān dào wǎn all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 1
wài bian outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home HSK 1
kàn bìng to visit a doctor; to see a patient HSK 1
diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
kǒu crossing; intersection (of roads) HSK 1
fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation HSK 1
bēi zi cup; glass HSK 1
xià to rain HSK 1
wài guó foreign (country) HSK 1
kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school HSK 1
qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
jiě older sister HSK 1
r there HSK 1
shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
nán péng you boyfriend HSK 1
péng you girlfriend HSK 1
zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
shì shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
chuáng to get out of bed; to get up HSK 1
r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
zhè r here HSK 1
zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
gān jìng clean; neat HSK 1
bian over there; yonder HSK 1
zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
xīng week; day of the week; Sunday HSK 1
rain HSK 1
diǎn place; site; location; venue HSK 1