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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| 海军 海軍 | navy | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 趟 䠀 | to wade; to trample; to turn the soil | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 骄傲 驕傲 | pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth | |
| 物品 物品 | articles; goods | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 餐 餐 | meal; to eat; classifier for meals | |
| 野 埜 | field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral | |
| 顺 順 | to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable | |
| 埋 埋 | to bury | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 杆 杆 | pole | |
| 托 托 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 进攻 進攻 | to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports) | |
| 政策 政策 | policy | |
| 塞 塞 | Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞尔维亚 | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 遗憾 遺憾 | regret; to regret; to be sorry that | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 样 樣 | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 队伍 隊伍 | ranks; troops; queue; line; procession | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 啥 啥 | dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by |