Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep 2001

guǐzi lái le

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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sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
lóu zi pavilion; variant of ∼HSK 1
Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
bái chī idiocy; idiot ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
(interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
duō how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
shàng to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
zhè me zhe thus; in this way; like this ∼HSK 1
cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
zài xià under; myself (humble) ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
děng (literary) we; us ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1
hǎo tasty (drinks) ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
zài (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
hǎo several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) ∼HSK 1
děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
xià ge the next one ∼HSK 1