I Wish I Knew

I Wish I Knew 2010

海上传奇 hǎishàng chuánqí

Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.

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4.07 Intermediate Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 100%

Cast

Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Self Chen Danqing Chen Danqing Self Hou Hsiao-hsien Hou Hsiao-hsien Self Wang Tung Wang Tung Self Wei Wei Wei Wei Self Rebecca Pan Rebecca Pan Self Han Han Han Han Self Lim Giong Lim Giong Self Ming-yi Fei Self Cao Yindi Cao Yindi Yuehong Xing

Vocabulary

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俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
文革 文革 Wén gé Cultural Revolution (1966-76) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
林语堂 林語堂 Lín Yǔ táng Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
京戏 京戲 Jīng xì Beijing opera Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大公报 大公報 Dà gōng Bào Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name; Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
维也纳 維也納 Wéi yě nà Vienna, capital of Austria Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曹禺 曹禺 Cáo Yú Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
捷达 捷達 Jié dá Jetta (car produced by Volkswagen) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文化大革命 文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉兰 玉蘭 Yù lán Yulan magnolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
无锡 無錫 Wú xī Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
合肥 合肥 Hé féi Hefei, prefecture-level city and capital of Anhui Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
桑塔纳 桑塔納 Sāng tǎ nà Santana (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
春秋战国 春秋戰國 Chūn qiū Zhàn guó the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
民权 民權 Mín quán Minquan county in Shangqiu, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
共产党员 共產黨員 Gòng chǎn dǎng yuán Communist Party member Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宋庆龄 宋慶齡 Sòng Qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen, influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
巴拿马 巴拿馬 Bā ná mǎ Panama Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
阎罗王 閻羅王 Yán luó wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日货 日貨 Rì huò Japanese goods Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
味之素 味之素 Wèi zhī sù Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
抗日战争 抗日戰爭 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏州河 蘇州河 Sū zhōu Hé Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杜月笙 杜月笙 Dù Yuè shēng Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吴淞 吳淞 Wú sōng Wusong river and dock area in Shanghai Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
外滩 外灘 Wài tān the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of the Huangpu River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华北 華北 Huá běi North China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清华大学 清華大學 Qīng huá Dà xué Tsinghua University, Beijing; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
徐州 徐州 Xú zhōu Xuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曾国藩 曾國藩 Zēng Guó fān Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
海上花列传 海上花列傳 Hǎi shàng Huā Liè zhuàn The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing, long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江青 江青 Jiāng Qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
姚文元 姚文元 Yáo Wén yuán Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
陈毅 陳毅 Chén Yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
上官 上官 Shàng guān two-character surname Shangguan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江阴 江陰 Jiāng yīn Jiangyin, county-level city in Wuxi, Jiangsu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
越剧 越劇 Yuè jù Shaoxing opera Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
红旗 紅旗 Hóng qí Hongqi district of Xinxiang city, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广东人 廣東人 Guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太平洋战争 太平洋戰爭 Tài píng Yáng Zhàn zhēng Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
徐家汇 徐家匯 Xú jiā huì Xujiahui, an area in, Xuhui district, central Shanghai Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广东话 廣東話 Guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
抄家 抄家 chāo jiā to search a house and confiscate possessions ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4