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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一无所知一無所知 yī wú suǒ zhī	not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant; without an inkling	Xiehouyu HSK 7
完蛋完蛋 wán dàn	(coll.) to be done for	Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余多餘 duō yú	superfluous; unnecessary; surplus	Xiehouyu HSK 7
逗逗 dòu	to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读)	Colloquialism HSK 7
串门串門 chuàn mén	to call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home	HSK 7
伯母伯母 bó mǔ	wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)	HSK 7
伯父伯父 bó fù	father's elder brother; term of respect for older man	HSK 7
何苦何苦 hé kǔ	why bother?; is it worth the trouble?	HSK 7
扫除掃除 sǎo chú	to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.)	HSK 7
抡掄 lūn	to swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)	HSK 7
吓唬嚇唬 xià hu	to scare; to frighten	HSK 7
零钱零錢 líng qián	change (of money); small change; pocket money	HSK 7
知己知己 zhī jǐ	to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend	HSK 7
晒太阳曬太陽 shài tài yáng	to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)	HSK 7
开朗開朗 kāi lǎng	spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree	HSK 7
相差相差 xiāng chà	to differ; discrepancy between	HSK 7
疲倦疲倦 pí juàn	to tire; tired	HSK 7
罐头罐頭 guàn tou	tin; can	HSK 7
放纵放縱 fàng zòng	to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish	HSK 7
高空高空 gāo kōng	high altitude	HSK 7
不算不算 bù suàn	to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight	HSK 7
跑道跑道 pǎo dào	athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip)	HSK 7
不肯不肯 bù kěn	Refuse	HSK 7
蒸发蒸發 zhēng fā	to evaporate; evaporation	HSK 7
反省反省 fǎn xǐng	to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul	HSK 7
白白白白 bái bái	in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white	HSK 7
失恋失戀 shī liàn	to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted	HSK 7
疤疤 bā	scar; scab	HSK 7
过期過期 guò qī	to be overdue; to exceed the time limit; to expire (as in expiration date)	HSK 7
当心當心 dāng xīn	to take care; to look out	HSK 7
筋筋 jīn	muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)	HSK 7
人为人為 rén wéi	artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort	HSK 7
惯慣 guàn	accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)	HSK 7
预感預感 yù gǎn	to have a premonition; premonition	HSK 7
不适不適 bù shì	unwell; indisposed; out of sorts	HSK 7
可不是可不是 kě bu shì	that's just the way it is; exactly!	HSK 7
中途中途 zhōng tú	midway	HSK 7
位子位子 wèi zi	place; seat	HSK 7
蜡烛蠟燭 là zhú	candle	HSK 7
职员職員 zhí yuán	office worker; staff member	HSK 7
丢掉丟掉 diū diào	to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away	HSK 7
流泪流淚 liú lèi	to shed tears	HSK 7
编号編號 biān hào	to number; numbering; serial number	HSK 7
传染傳染 chuán rǎn	to infect; contagious	HSK 7
终结終結 zhōng jié	end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)	HSK 7
何况何況 hé kuàng	let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more	HSK 7
咳嗽咳嗽 ké sou	to cough	HSK 7
有机有機 yǒu jī	organic	HSK 7
创伤創傷 chuāng shāng	wound; injury; trauma	HSK 7
一早一早 yī zǎo	early in the morning; at dawn	HSK 7