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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| 民族 民族 | nationality; ethnic group | |
| 农民 農民 | peasant; farmer | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 据说 據說 | it is said that; reportedly | |
| 手指 手指 | finger | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 文明 文明 | civilized; civilization; culture | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 分别 分別 | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 完整 完整 | complete; intact | |
| 前进 前進 | to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward | |
| 合法 合法 | lawful; legitimate; legal | |
| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 全面 全面 | all-around; comprehensive; total; overall | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 对待 對待 | to treat; treatment | |
| 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) | |
| 明确 明確 | clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite | |
| 配合 配合 | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 联合 聯合 | to combine; to join; unite; alliance | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 初 初 | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 |