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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| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 战士 戰士 | fighter; soldier; warrior | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 勇敢 勇敢 | brave; courageous | |
| 松 松 | pine | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 摸 摸 | to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 士兵 士兵 | soldier | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 微笑 微笑 | smile; to smile | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 透 透 | (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 表情 表情 | (facial) expression; to express one's feelings | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 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 | |
| 战斗 戰鬥 | to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 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 | |
| 圈 圈 | circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; to surround; to circle | |
| 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) | |
| 著名 著名 | famous; noted; well-known; celebrated | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 免费 免費 | free (of charge) | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 冲 沖 | thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 或许 或許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 总统 總統 | president (of a country) | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number |