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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青楼 青樓 qīng lóu (literary) brothel; pleasure quarters ∼HSK 5
谈恋爱 談戀愛 tán liàn ài to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating ∼HSK 5
不平衡 不平衡 bù píng héng disequilibrium ∼HSK 5
反华 反華 fǎn Huá anti-Chinese ∼HSK 5
副市长 副市長 fù shì zhǎng deputy mayor ∼HSK 5
统战 統戰 tǒng zhàn united front ∼HSK 5
帘 簾 lián flag-sign of a tavern ∼HSK 5
握住 握住 wò zhù to grip; to hold ∼HSK 5
做戏 做戲 zuò xì to act in a play; to put on a play ∼HSK 5
劳动模范 勞動模範 láo dòng mó fàn model worker ∼HSK 5
裕 裕 yù abundant, rich, plentiful ∼HSK 5
声乐 聲樂 shēng yuè vocal music ∼HSK 5
逃难 逃難 táo nàn to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee ∼HSK 5
焰 焰 yàn flame, blaze; glowing, blazing ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
同居 同居 tóng jū to live together; to cohabit ∼HSK 5
戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater ∼HSK 5
尧 堯 Yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage ∼HSK 5
关押 關押 guān yā to imprison; to lock up (in jail) ∼HSK 5
出逃 出逃 chū táo to run away; to flee (the country) ∼HSK 5
原名 原名 yuán míng original name ∼HSK 5
孟 孟 Mèng first in series; great, eminent ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
洁 潔 jié clean, purify, pure ∼HSK 5
出戏 出戲 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance ∼HSK 5
大洋 大洋 dà yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
女佣 女傭 nǚ yōng (female) maid ∼HSK 5
夺走 奪走 duó zǒu to snatch away ∼HSK 5
牌价 牌價 pái jià list price ∼HSK 5
找麻烦 找麻煩 zhǎo má fan to look for trouble ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
颤 顫 chàn shiver, tremble; trembling ∼HSK 5
厂长 廠長 chǎng zhǎng factory director HSK 5
物价 物價 wù jià (commodity) prices HSK 5
吃力 吃力 chī lì to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain HSK 5
主体 主體 zhǔ tǐ main part; bulk; body; subject; agent HSK 5
招生 招生 zhāo shēng to enroll new students; to get students HSK 5
除夕 除夕 Chú xī lunar New Year's Eve HSK 5
南北 南北 nán běi north and south; north to south HSK 5
比方 比方 bǐ fang analogy; instance; for instance HSK 5
不得了 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
关怀 關懷 guān huái care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to HSK 5
性能 性能 xìng néng function; performance; behavior HSK 5
册 冊 cè book; booklet; classifier for books HSK 5
活泼 活潑 huó po lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive HSK 5
风光 風光 fēng guāng scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
递 遞 dì to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order HSK 5
变动 變動 biàn dòng to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation HSK 5