City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death 2009

nánjīngnánjīng

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%

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nián qīng young HSK 2
lòng lane; alley HSK 2
piào liang pretty; beautiful HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
shēng yīn voice; sound HSK 2
biān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously HSK 2
ài adorable; cute; lovely HSK 2
huān yíng to welcome; welcome HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
qīng chu clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about HSK 2
zuò seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
xíng wéi action; conduct; behavior; activity HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
jiǎn chá inspection; to examine; to inspect HSK 2
kào to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) HSK 2
huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
zhēn zhèng genuine; real; true; really; indeed HSK 2
bàn means; method; way (of doing sth) HSK 2
qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
fēn zhōng minute HSK 2
yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
guò (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
zhōu to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially HSK 2
huò maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or HSK 2
wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
cháng threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout HSK 2
tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) HSK 2
chéng wéi to become; to turn into HSK 2
cháng length; long; forever; always; constantly HSK 2
to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily HSK 2
suǒ yǒu all; to have; to possess; to own HSK 2
míng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people HSK 2
yào don't!; must not HSK 2
jiā everyone; influential family; great expert HSK 2
dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
rèn wéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel HSK 2
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2