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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| 尤其是 尤其是 | especially; most of all; above all; in particular | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 别无选择 別無選擇 | to have no other choice | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 结拜 結拜 | to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers) | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 伸出 伸出 | to extend | |
| 卷发 捲髮 | curly hair; to curl hair | |
| 自首 自首 | to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities) | |
| 按时 按時 | on time; before deadline; on schedule | |
| 名片 名片 | (business) card | |
| 粮食 糧食 | foodstuff; cereals | |
| 纪律 紀律 | discipline | |
| 箱子 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk | |
| 楼梯 樓梯 | stair; staircase | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 布置 佈置 | to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy | |
| 秘书 秘書 | secretary | |
| 阿姨 阿姨 | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) | |
| 败 敗 | to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 堵 堵 | to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls) | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 类型 類型 | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 士兵 士兵 | soldier | |
| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 即将 即將 | on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of | |
| 立即 立即 | immediately | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 停下 停下 | to stop | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |