Flight Man

Flight Man 1973

lán fēi rén

Flight Man takes place in Taiwan in 1933, when the country was under Japanese occupation after the First Sino-Japanese War. The Taiwanese people have signed a petition to have the Japanese establish a Taiwan council, but instead this merely provokes the Japanese police to hunt down and round up everyone who signed the petition.

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Vocabulary

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gāi Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
pài chū suǒ local police station ∼HSK 3
zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
huó huó while still alive; simply; totally ∼HSK 3
xíng death penalty; capital punishment ∼HSK 3
shāng to injure; to wound; to damage ∼HSK 3
饿 è to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
yào knockout drops; incapacitating agent; Mickey Finn ∼HSK 3
gāo cakes, pastry ∼HSK 3
yǒu xīn yǎn clever; sharp ∼HSK 3
qiú prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row ∼HSK 3
Tái to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 ∼HSK 3
qiān for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) ∼HSK 3
quán rén yuán crew ∼HSK 3
zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
huó xià to survive; to keep on living ∼HSK 3
líng mountain ridge, mountain peak ∼HSK 3
suǒ cháng what one is good at HSK 3
bān jiā to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) HSK 3
lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
duǎn short term; short-term HSK 3
qiū autumn; fall; harvest time HSK 3
běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
tiào to dance HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
to break; to smash HSK 3
hòu guǒ consequences; aftermath HSK 3
zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
dòng to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse HSK 3
in all parts of (a country); various regions HSK 3
gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
ancient; old; paleo- HSK 3
cūn village HSK 3
niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
qīn personally; in person; oneself HSK 3
zhuān mén specialist; specialized; customized HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
kǒng fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe HSK 3
shāng rushing current HSK 3
shàng to go up HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
need not; does not have to; not necessarily HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3