Devils on the Doorstep 2001
鬼子来了
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
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Vocabulary
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| 心疼 心疼 | to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed | |
| 胆小 膽小 | cowardice; timid | |
| 报答 報答 | to repay; to requite | |
| 辈 輩 | lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 服从 服從 | to obey (an order); to comply; to defer | |
| 国民 國民 | nationals; citizens; people of a nation | |
| 紫 紫 | purple; violet | |
| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 脚步 腳步 | footstep; step | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 围绕 圍繞 | to revolve around; to center on (an issue) | |
| 签字 簽字 | to sign (one's name); signature | |
| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 当前 當前 | the present time; to be faced with | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 保卫 保衛 | to defend; to safeguard | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 逃跑 逃跑 | to flee from sth; to run away; to escape | |
| 军人 軍人 | serviceman; soldier; military personnel | |
| 灾难 災難 | disaster; catastrophe | |
| 意志 意志 | will; willpower; determination | |
| 献 獻 | to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) | |
| 决不 決不 | not at all; simply (can) not | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 不利 不利 | unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 子弹 子彈 | bullet | |
| 起码 起碼 | at the minimum; at the very least | |
| 不止 不止 | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 扇 扇 | to fan; to slap sb on the face | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 双手 雙手 | both hands | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 治安 治安 | law and order; public security | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate |