Gone with the Bullets 2014
一步之遥
Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic events that change their destinies.
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Vocabulary
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| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 权力 權力 | power; authority | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 惊喜 驚喜 | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 剧 劇 | theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 样 樣 | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 错过 錯過 | to miss (train, opportunity etc) | |
| 威胁 威脅 | to threaten; to menace | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 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 | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 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 | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 赛 賽 | to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel | |
| 逼 偪 | variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure | |
| 死亡 死亡 | to die; death | |
| 最终 最終 | final; ultimate | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 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 | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 | lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends | Idiom |
| 自食其力 自食其力 | lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom); fig. to stand on one's own feet; to earn one's own living | Idiom |
| 立竿见影 立竿見影 | lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); fig. to get instant results | Idiom |
| 舍己救人 捨己救人 | to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people; altruism | Idiom |
| 时势造英雄 時勢造英雄 | Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. | Idiom |
| 混蛋 混蛋 | scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch | Xiehouyu |
| 滚开 滾開 | (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! | Xiehouyu |
| 色鬼 色鬼 | lecher; pervert | Xiehouyu |
| 一路 一路 | the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind | Xiehouyu |
| 仨 仨 | (coll.) three (cannot be followed by a measure word) | Colloquialism |
| 礼拜 禮拜 | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday | Colloquialism |