City of Life and Death 2009
南京！南京！
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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| 委员会 委員會 | committee | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 重操旧业 重操舊業 | to resume one's old trade (idiom) | Idiom |
| 情投意合 情投意合 | (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial | Idiom |
| 小姨子 小姨子 | (coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 皇军 皇軍 | imperial army (esp. Japanese) | |
| 良民 良民 | good people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) | |
| 搜捕 搜捕 | to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt | |
| 顺子 順子 | a straight (poker, mahjong) | |
| 援兵 援兵 | (military) reinforcements | |
| 床铺 床鋪 | bed | |
| 老伯 老伯 | uncle (polite form of address for older male) | |
| 炮竹 炮竹 | firecracker | |
| 烫头发 燙頭髮 | perm; to perm hair | |
| 中计 中計 | to fall into a trap; to be taken in | |
| 清酒 清酒 | sake (Japanese rice wine) | |
| 轰走 轟走 | to drive away | |
| 同窗 同窗 | schoolmate; fellow student | |
| 烫发 燙髮 | perm (hairstyle) | |
| 棉衣 棉衣 | cotton-padded clothes | |
| 山坡 山坡 | hillside | |
| 耳环 耳環 | earring | |
| 日语 日語 | Japanese language | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 薪水 薪水 | salary; wage | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 信用 信用 | trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint | |
| 查出 查出 | to find out; to discover | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 升级 升級 | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 档 檔 | official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 妇女 婦女 | woman | |
| 市民 市民 | city resident | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 进攻 進攻 | to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports) | |
| 踢 踢 | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 |