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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| 日语 日語 | Japanese language | |
| 曲子 曲子 | poem for singing; tune; music | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 战友 戰友 | comrade-in-arms; battle companion | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 陆军 陸軍 | army; ground forces | |
| 迎来 迎來 | to welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in | |
| 低头 低頭 | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 演奏 演奏 | to perform on a musical instrument | |
| 大力 大力 | energetically; vigorously | |
| 同胞 同胞 | born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot | |
| 信用 信用 | trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 难忘 難忘 | unforgettable | |
| 炮 炮 | to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating | |
| 歌词 歌詞 | song lyric; lyrics | |
| 首相 首相 | prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 丧失 喪失 | to lose; to forfeit | |
| 债 債 | debt | |
| 残酷 殘酷 | cruel; cruelty | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 尖 尖 | pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 此事 此事 | this matter | |
| 指定 指定 | to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated | |
| 酱 醬 | thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam | |
| 战场 戰場 | battlefield | |
| 祖国 祖國 | motherland | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 咋 咋 | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 路过 路過 | to pass by or through | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 伤口 傷口 | wound; cut | |
| 作战 作戰 | combat; to fight | |
| 扎 扎 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 炸弹 炸彈 | bomb | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order |