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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| 要 要 | to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important | |
| 个 個 | used in 自个儿 | |
| 和 咊 | to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards | |
| 就 就 | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... | |
| 这 這 | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) | |
| 他 他 | he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other | |
| 不 不 | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | |
| 有 有 | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) | |
| 你 你 | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | |
| 在 在 | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) | |
| 是 是 | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) | |
| 我 我 | I; me; my | |
| 了 了 | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) | |
| 的 的 | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs | |
| 喽 嘍 | (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits | Interjection |
| 呗 唄 | (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") | Interjection |
| 啪 啪 | (onom.) bang; pop; pow | Onomatopoeia |
| 罢 罷 | to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish | Interjection |
| 嗷 嗷 | loud clamor; the sound of wailing | Onomatopoeia |
| 啰 囉 | used in and | Interjection |
| 呃 呃 | (exclamation); to hiccup | Interjection |
| 咕 咕 | (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc | Onomatopoeia |
| 吃吃 吃吃 | (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc); sound of stammering | Onomatopoeia |
| 呼呼 呼呼 | (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep | Onomatopoeia |