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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抢劫 搶劫 qiǎng jié to rob; looting HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
穿着 穿著 chuān zhuó attire; clothes; dress HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
凌晨 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day Idiom ∼HSK 6
名正言顺 名正言順 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate Idiom ∼HSK 6
家徒四壁 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom); fig. very poor; wretched Idiom ∼HSK 6
光棍 光棍 guāng gùn gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
弄堂 弄堂 lòng táng (dialect) alley; lane ∼HSK 6
快艇 快艇 kuài tǐng speedboat; motor launch ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
表嫂 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line ∼HSK 6
纺纱 紡紗 fǎng shā to spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning ∼HSK 6
洋房 洋房 yáng fáng Western-style house ∼HSK 6
中央空调 中央空調 zhōng yāng kōng tiáo central air conditioning; (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with, a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry) ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
享福 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life ∼HSK 6
纱厂 紗廠 shā chǎng cotton mill; textile factory ∼HSK 6
副官 副官 fù guān aide-de-camp ∼HSK 6
偷渡 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade ∼HSK 6
原籍 原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town); birthplace ∼HSK 6
国库券 國庫券 guó kù quàn treasury bond ∼HSK 6
数理化 數理化 shù - lǐ - huà mathematics, physics and chemistry ∼HSK 6
版税 版稅 bǎn shuì royalty (on books) ∼HSK 6
稿费 稿費 gǎo fèi author's remuneration ∼HSK 6
八仙桌 八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people ∼HSK 6
佣人 傭人 yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
人缘 人緣 rén yuán relations with other people ∼HSK 6
远交近攻 遠交近攻 yuǎn jiāo jìn gōng befriend distant states while attacking nearby ones (idiom); a classic stratagem from the Warring States ∼HSK 6
车胎 車胎 chē tāi tire ∼HSK 6
敞篷车 敞篷車 chǎng péng chē a convertible; open-top car ∼HSK 6