City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death 2009

南京！南京！ nánjīng！ nánjīng！

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

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3.52 Beginner Director Lu Chuan 🍅 92%

Cast

Liu Ye Liu Ye Lu Jianxiong Gao Yuanyuan Gao Yuanyuan Miss Jiang Hideo Nakaizumi Hideo Nakaizumi Kadokawa John Paisley John Paisley John Rabe Beverly Peckous Beverly Peckous Minnie Vautrin Fan Wei Fan Wei Mr. Tang Qin Lan Qin Lan Mrs. Tang Ryu Kohata Ryu Kohata Officer Osamu Ida Jiang Yiyan Jiang Yiyan 'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun Yao Di Yao Di 'May' Zhou Xiaomei

Vocabulary

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捣乱 搗亂 dǎo luàn to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally Xiehouyu HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
哀求 哀求 āi qiú to entreat; to implore; to plead HSK 7
枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of HSK 7
梯子 梯子 tī zi ladder; stepladder HSK 7
敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love; to hold in high esteem HSK 7
火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot HSK 7
贵重 貴重 guì zhòng precious HSK 7
所作所为 所作所為 suǒ zuò suǒ wéi one's conduct and deeds HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
罐头 罐頭 guàn tou tin; can HSK 7
太平 太平 tài píng peace and security HSK 7
司令 司令 sī lìng commanding officer HSK 7
当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7
点子 點子 diǎn zi spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
庆典 慶典 qìng diǎn celebration HSK 7
元首 元首 yuán shǒu head of state HSK 7
打仗 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle; to go to war HSK 7
撤退 撤退 chè tuì to retreat HSK 7
帐篷 帳篷 zhàng peng tent HSK 7
体贴 體貼 tǐ tiē considerate (of other people's needs) HSK 7
前线 前線 qián xiàn front line; military front; workface; cutting edge HSK 7
绳子 繩子 shéng zi cord; string; rope HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
放过 放過 fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
炖 燉 dùn to stew HSK 7
拽 拽 yè to drag; to haul HSK 7
可疑 可疑 kě yí suspicious; dubious HSK 7
陷阱 陷阱 xiàn jǐng pitfall; snare; trap HSK 7
瞄准 瞄準 miáo zhǔn to take aim at; to target HSK 7
坦克 坦克 tǎn kè tank (military vehicle) (loanword) HSK 7
军官 軍官 jūn guān officer (military) HSK 7
警惕 警惕 jǐng tì to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn HSK 7
摧毁 摧毀 cuī huǐ to destroy; to wreck HSK 7
开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
姜 薑 jiāng ginger HSK 7
卡车 卡車 kǎ chē truck HSK 7
化妆 化妝 huà zhuāng to put on makeup HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
涂 塗 tú to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street HSK 7
温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7