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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| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 坚强 堅強 | staunch; strong | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet | |
| 主动 主動 | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 实力 實力 | strength | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 建 建 | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 武器 武器 | weapon; arms | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 合作 合作 | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 区 區 | area; region; district; small; distinguish | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to |