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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jià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc HSK 3
kòng to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time HSK 3
to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc) HSK 3
gǎn shòu to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience HSK 3
yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
xiàn shí reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
jīng experience; to experience; to go through HSK 3
rén lèi humanity; human race; mankind HSK 3
shǔ to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3
jié hūn to marry; to get married HSK 3
miàn duì to face; to confront HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
yuē to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
dài biǎo representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of HSK 3
area; region; district; small; distinguish HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
zhōng at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
zhěng whole; entire; total HSK 3
zhù to take note of; to pay attention to HSK 3
jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3
xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3