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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| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 建筑 建築 | to construct; building | |
| 版 版 | a register; block of printing; edition; version; page | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 再次 再次 | one more time; again; one more; once again | |
| 哈 哈 | (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; abbr. for 奇, husky (dog) | |
| 组织 組織 | to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 百尺竿头 百尺竿頭 | to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression) | Idiom |
| 来日方长 來日方長 | the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later; We'll cross that bridge when we get there | Idiom |
| 摸不着 摸不著 | can't touch; can't reach; (fig.) unable to get a grasp of | Xiehouyu |
| 带刺 帶刺 | thorny; (fig.) barbed; sarcastic | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 大家伙儿 大家伙兒 | (coll.) everyone; all of us; you folks | Colloquialism |
| 胡适 胡適 | Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese | Colloquialism |
| 男同 男同 | gay guy (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 尺寸 尺寸 | size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety | Colloquialism |
| 潮 潮 | tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 大清 大清 | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 老佛爷 老佛爺 | title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi | Proper Noun |
| 法国人 法國人 | Frenchman; French person | Proper Noun |
| 福斯特 福斯特 | Foster or Forster (name); Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), American composer | Proper Noun |
| 猴儿 猴兒 | monkey (affectionate) | Proper Noun |
| 上官 上官 | two-character surname Shangguan | Proper Noun |
| 朱雀 朱雀 | (ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky); (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south | Proper Noun |