I Wish I Knew

I Wish I Knew 2010

hǎishàng chuán

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%

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xīn psychology; mentality HSK 4
lún wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
huò to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
tǒng system HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Shàng hǎi Yīn yuè Xué yuàn Shanghai Conservatory of Music Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
mu zhǐ Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
ěr Karl (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
zhōu Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Wéi chéng Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu, filmed as a TV serial Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhōu Ēn lái Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhāng Chūn qiáo Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Tài píng Yáng Pacific Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西 西 kāng historic province of Tibet in Kham region and west Sichuan, a province of Republic of China 1928-49 with capital Ya'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Luò yáng Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Jīn shān Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
ā (familiar) elder brother ∼HSK 3
Kāng peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy ∼HSK 3
ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
zhào xiàng guǎn photo studio ∼HSK 3
name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
huà gōng chǎng chemical factory; chemical plant ∼HSK 3
Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
běn jiā capitalist ∼HSK 3
huí yīn echo; reply; turn (ornament in music) ∼HSK 3