Chungking Express 1994

重庆森林 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.

HSK 1

3.45 Beginner Director Wong Kar-Wai 🍅 89%

Cast

Brigitte Lin Woman in Blonde Wig

Takeshi Kaneshiro He Zhiwu / Cop 223

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Cop 663

Faye Wong Faye

Valerie Chow Air Hostess Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen Owner of Eatery

Kwan Lee-Na May Leung San K Store Clerk Zhiming Huang Man Liang Zhen The 2nd May

Vocabulary

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人家人家 rén jiā	household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be	HSK 4
戴戴 dài	to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support	HSK 4
怀疑懷疑 huái yí	to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that	HSK 4
切切 qiē	to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential	HSK 4
距离距離 jù lí	distance; to be apart from	HSK 4
抽抽 chōu	to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash	HSK 4
季季 jì	season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields	HSK 4
醒醒 xǐng	to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to	HSK 4
嗯嗯 ēn	(a groaning sound)	HSK 4
地址地址 dì zhǐ	address	HSK 4
方方 fāng	square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter	HSK 4
位置位置 wèi zhi	position; place; seat	HSK 4
梦夢 mèng	dream; (bound form) to dream	HSK 4
首首 shǒu	head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc	HSK 4
考虑考慮 kǎo lǜ	to think over; to consider; consideration	HSK 4
是否是否 shì fǒu	whether (or not); if; is or isn't	HSK 4
之前之前 zhī qián	before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand	HSK 4
之间之間 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
呀呀 ya	(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)	HSK 4
选择選擇 xuǎn zé	to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative	HSK 4
了解了解 liǎo jiě	to understand; to realize; to find out	HSK 4
之后之後 zhī hòu	after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then	HSK 4
担心擔心 dān xīn	anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious	HSK 4
却卻 què	but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though	HSK 4
而而 ér	and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)	HSK 4
痛苦痛苦 tòng kǔ	pain; suffering; painful	Xiehouyu HSK 3
加州加州 Jiā zhōu	California	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期六星期六 Xīng qī liù	Saturday	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
干嘛幹嘛 gàn má	what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?	∼HSK 3
有空有空 yǒu kòng	to have time (to do sth)	∼HSK 3
金鱼金魚 jīn yú	goldfish	∼HSK 3
生日快乐生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè	Happy birthday	∼HSK 3
志志 zhì	purpose, will, determination; annals	∼HSK 3
阿明阿明 Ā míng	Al-Amin	∼HSK 3
每个人每個人 měi ge rén	everybody; everyone	∼HSK 3
秋刀鱼秋刀魚 qiū dāo yú	Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)	∼HSK 3
赶时间趕時間 gǎn shí jiān	to be in a hurry	∼HSK 3
平复平復 píng fù	to calm down; to subside; to be cured; to be healed	∼HSK 3
秀秀 xiù	ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful	∼HSK 3
点钟點鐘 diǎn zhōng	(indicating time of day) o'clock	∼HSK 3
历史性歷史性 lì shǐ xìng	historic	∼HSK 3
一声一聲 yī shēng	first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)	∼HSK 3
点儿點兒 diǎn r	a bit	∼HSK 3
空中小姐空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě	stewardess; air hostess	∼HSK 3
音音 yīn	sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation	∼HSK 3
空姐空姐 kōng jiě	abbr. for 空中小姐; stewardess; air hostess; female flight attendant	∼HSK 3
养伤養傷 yǎng shāng	to heal a wound; to recuperate (from an injury)	∼HSK 3
胖嘟嘟胖嘟嘟 pàng dū dū	plump; pudgy; chubby	∼HSK 3
存钱存錢 cún qián	to deposit money; to save money	∼HSK 3
跳出跳出 tiào chū	to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly	∼HSK 3