Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep 2001

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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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4.71 Intermediate Director Jiang Wen 🍅 92%

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亿 100 million HSK 2
duì zhǎng captain; team leader HSK 2
see 咱 HSK 2
shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
yǒu si interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun HSK 2
wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
zhǔn què accurate; exact; precise HSK 2
pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
便 便 biàn convenient HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
gǎn dòng to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving HSK 2
hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
jiǎo angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) HSK 2
liàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk HSK 2
river HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
dào chù everywhere HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
hǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) HSK 2
chà bu duō almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad HSK 2
to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up HSK 2
tài yang sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 HSK 2
xuě snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) HSK 2
chuī to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
qiáng wall HSK 2
píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
wèi dao flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor HSK 2
liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
lán blue; indigo plant HSK 2
dàn egg; oval-shaped thing HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
biàn everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time HSK 2
fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute HSK 2
chuán boat; vessel; ship HSK 2
biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
tuī to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage HSK 2
guó international HSK 2