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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Vocabulary
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| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 大脑 大腦 | brain; cerebrum | |
| 治安 治安 | law and order; public security | |
| 艰难 艱難 | difficult; hard; challenging | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 意味着 意味著 | to signify; to mean; to imply | |
| 式 式 | type; form; pattern; style | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 恢复 恢復 | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 德国人 德國人 | German person or people | Proper Noun |
| 古田 古田 | Gutian county in Ningde, Fujian | Proper Noun |
| 德语 德語 | German (language) | Proper Noun |
| 上野 上野 | Ueno, district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo; Ueno (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 纳粹 納粹 | Nazi (loanword) | Proper Noun |
| 梁山 梁山 | Liangshan city and County in Jining, Shandong | Proper Noun |
| 中山陵 中山陵 | Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing | Proper Noun |
| 下个月 下個月 | next month | |
| 川 川 | stream, river; flow; boil | |
| 贝 貝 | sea shell; money, currency | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 长官 長官 | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) | |
| 散开 散開 | to separate; to disperse | |
| 闪开 閃開 | to get out of the way | |
| 江边 江邊 | river bank | |
| 森 森 | forest; luxuriant vegetation | |
| 松手 鬆手 | to relinquish one's grip; to let go | |
| 脱掉 脫掉 | to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off | |
| 擦掉 擦掉 | to wipe |