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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tuǐ leg HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
jiào to educate; to teach; education HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
fish HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
gǎi to change; to alter; to transform; to correct HSK 2
zuǐ mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) HSK 2
shǎo many; a lot; not few HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
duǎn short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault HSK 2
shēn biān at one's side; on hand HSK 2
shuō míng to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption HSK 2
nòng to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with HSK 2
low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
jīng cháng frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily HSK 2
used in 防 and 溜 HSK 2
chī mythical beast (archaic) HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
jīng guò to pass; to go through; process; course HSK 2
shòu dào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) HSK 2
biàn chéng to change into; to turn into; to become HSK 2
shǔ to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
biān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously HSK 2
bān same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general HSK 2
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi HSK 2
shì old practice HSK 2
tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car) HSK 2
zhào piàn photograph; picture HSK 2
yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
yīn yuè music HSK 2
zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
quán whole; all HSK 2
jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 HSK 2
liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2