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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| 信奉 信奉 | belief; to believe (in sth) | |
| 模 模 | model, standard, pattern; copy | |
| 心底 心底 | bottom of one's heart | |
| 噩梦 噩夢 | nightmare | |
| 落难 落難 | to meet with misfortune; to fall into dire straits | |
| 怪人 怪人 | strange person; eccentric | |
| 咎由自取 咎由自取 | (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband | |
| 步摇 步搖 | dangling ornament worn by women | |
| 抽出 抽出 | to take out; to extract | |
| 各方 各方 | all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions | |
| 镜 鏡 | mirror; lens; glass; glasses | |
| 面具 面具 | mask | |
| 逛逛 逛逛 | to roam around; to have a stroll | |
| 犯人 犯人 | convict; prisoner; criminal | |
| 沪 滬 | Shanghai; river near Shanghai | |
| 律 律 | statute, principle, regulation | |
| 奚落 奚落 | to taunt; to ridicule; to jeer at; to treat coldly; to abandon | |
| 一肚子 一肚子 | bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) | |
| 归案 歸案 | to bring to justice; to file away (a document) | |
| 不及 不及 | to fall short of; not as good as; too late | |
| 私 私 | private, personal; secret | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 唯有 唯有 | only | |
| 法则 法則 | law; rule; code | |
| 天演论 天演論 | the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论) | |
| 荡 蕩 | pond, pool; wash away, cleanse | |
| 牧师 牧師 | chaplain; churchman; clergyman; parson; pastor; priest; rector | |
| 巾帼 巾幗 | woman; woman's headdress (ancient) | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 头儿 頭兒 | head, leader | |
| 后头 後頭 | behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future | |
| 能干 能幹 | capable; competent | |
| 孙女 孫女 | son's daughter; granddaughter | |
| 一再 一再 | repeatedly | |
| 讲究 講究 | to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen | |
| 大姐 大姐 | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 闹钟 鬧鐘 | alarm clock | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 积累 積累 | to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively | |
| 赏 賞 | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) | |
| 使劲 使勁 | to exert all one's strength | |
| 个体 個體 | individual | |
| 台阶 臺階 | steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology) | |
| 来得及 來得及 | to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it | |
| 名片 名片 | (business) card | |
| 个别 個別 | individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare | |
| 机遇 機遇 | opportunity; favorable circumstance; stroke of luck | |
| 了不起 了不起 | amazing; terrific; extraordinary | |
| 严 嚴 | tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father |