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.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
3.79 Beginner

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
rèn any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
tiān xià tài píng the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 2
shì zài rén wéi the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything. Idiom ∼HSK 2
bàn bu dào impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
zhè nián tou (coll.) nowadays Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit); head (of a department) ∼HSK 2
prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
third person pronoun; he, she, this, that ∼HSK 2
lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
bāo zài shēn shang leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it ∼HSK 2
shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
pǎo diào to run away; to take to one's heels ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
mǎi fáng to buy a house ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
zhǎng section chief ∼HSK 2
liú first-class ∼HSK 2
zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
shén me fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
nuò coward ∼HSK 2
dào chǎng Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for ∼HSK 2
dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
gǒu tuǐ zi dog's leg; fig. one who follows a villain; henchman; hired thug ∼HSK 2
zhe urgently ∼HSK 2
yǎng to raise (a child or animal) ∼HSK 2
thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
西 西 gǒu dōng xi scumbag; scoundrel ∼HSK 2
hǎo si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
huā jiǔ drinking party with female entertainers ∼HSK 2