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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此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
支那 支那 Zhī nà phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
百合子 百合子 Bǎi hé zǐ Yuriko, Japanese female given name Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美的 美的 Měi dí Midea (brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
难民 難民 nàn mín refugee ∼HSK 3
性病 性病 xìng bìng sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease ∼HSK 3
右转 右轉 yòu zhuǎn to turn right ∼HSK 3
乱动 亂動 luàn dòng to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about ∼HSK 3
修好 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
程 程 Chéng journey, trip; schedule, agenda ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
活下 活下 huó xià to survive ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
强奸 強姦 qiáng jiān to rape ∼HSK 3
新年快乐 新年快樂 xīn nián kuài lè Happy New Year! ∼HSK 3
羊羹 羊羹 yáng gēng yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form ∼HSK 3
友好关系 友好關係 yǒu hǎo guān xì good relations ∼HSK 3
抓紧时间 抓緊時間 zhuā jǐn shí jiān to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up ∼HSK 3
请多关照 請多關照 qǐng duō guān zhào please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting) ∼HSK 3
把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate ∼HSK 3
天时 天時 tiān shí the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order ∼HSK 3
过冬 過冬 guò dōng to get through the winter ∼HSK 3
使用者 使用者 shǐ yòng zhě (Tw) user ∼HSK 3
付钱 付錢 fù qián to pay money ∼HSK 3
随从 隨從 suí cóng to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant ∼HSK 3
好久不见 好久不見 hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn long time no see ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
病死 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die; to die of illness ∼HSK 3
通行证 通行證 tōng xíng zhèng a pass (authority to enter); a laissez-passer or safe conduct ∼HSK 3
跑步 跑步 pǎo bù to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double HSK 3
价钱 價錢 jià qian price HSK 3
牌子 牌子 pái zi sign; trademark; brand HSK 3
本事 本事 běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
行李 行李 xíng li luggage HSK 3
亲人 親人 qīn rén one's close relatives HSK 3
首都 首都 shǒu dū capital (city) HSK 3
家乡 家鄉 jiā xiāng hometown; native place HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
天空 天空 tiān kōng sky HSK 3
防止 防止 fáng zhǐ to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions HSK 3
谈话 談話 tán huà to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation HSK 3
富 富 fù rich; abundant; wealthy HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3