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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| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 第二 第二 | second; number two; next; secondary | |
| 多少 多少 | number; amount; somewhat | |
| 学 學 | to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology | |
| 谢谢 謝謝 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 妈 媽 | ma; mom; mother | |
| 晚上 晚上 | evening; night; in the evening | |
| 外 外 | outside; in addition; foreign; external | |
| 四 四 | four; 4 | |
| 回来 回來 | to return; to come back | |
| 睡 睡 | to sleep; to lie down | |
| 身上 身上 | on the body; at hand; among | |
| 们 們 | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals | |
| 早 早 | early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely | |
| 坐 坐 | surname Zuo | |
| 穿 穿 | to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread | |
| 喝 喝 | to shout | |
| 门 門 | gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) | |
| 正在 正在 | just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) | |
| 男人 男人 | a man; a male; men | |
| 路 路 | road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind | |
| 站 站 | station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website | |
| 别人 別人 | other people; others; other person | |
| 帮 幫 | to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society | |
| 日 日 | abbr. for 本, Japan | |
| 女人 女人 | woman | |
| 笑 咲 | to laugh; to smile; to laugh at | |
| 分 分 | to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) | |
| 送 送 | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with | |
| 女 女 | female; woman; daughter | |
| 电话 電話 | telephone; phone call; phone number | |
| 您 您 | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) | |
| 写 寫 | to write | |
| 进 進 | to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound | |
| 水 水 | water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes | |
| 准备 準備 | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | |
| 那些 那些 | those | |
| 先 先 | early; prior; former; in advance; first | |
| 正 正 | first month of the lunar year | |
| 高 高 | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) | |
| 拿 㧱 | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | |
| 放 放 | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) | |
| 住 住 | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) | |
| 行 行 | row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column | |
| 老 老 | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough | |
| 岁 歲 | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) | |
| 最后 最後 | final; last; finally; ultimate | |
| 出来 出來 | to come out; to appear; to arise | |
| 地方 地方 | region; regional (away from the central administration); local | |
| 告诉 告訴 | to press charges; to file a complaint |