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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妓女 妓女 jì nǚ prostitute; hooker ∼HSK 1
在教 在教 zài jiào to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam) ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
站起来 站起來 zhàn qǐ lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
走出 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
大白天 大白天 dà bái tiān broad daylight ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
看书 看書 kàn shū to read; to study ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
快进 快進 kuài jìn fast-forward (media player) ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
哪一个 哪一個 nǎ yī ge which ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
车子 車子 chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) ∼HSK 1
昨晚 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
拿下 拿下 ná xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
做工 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship ∼HSK 1
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one ∼HSK 1
看一看 看一看 kàn yī kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
外国人 外國人 wài guó rén foreigner ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
做小 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
新年 新年 xīn nián New Year HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1