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%

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念念不忘 念念不忘 niàn niàn bù wàng to keep in mind constantly (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
一无所有 一無所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together Idiom HSK 7
无可奈何 無可奈何 wú kě nài hé have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈 Xiehouyu HSK 7
空虚 空虛 kōng xū hollow; emptiness; meaningless Xiehouyu HSK 7
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
外婆 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree; various trees of genus Populus HSK 7
联欢 聯歡 lián huān to have a get-together; celebration; party HSK 7
改为 改為 gǎi wéi to change into HSK 7
搀 攙 chān to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate HSK 7
公安局 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) HSK 7
粽子 粽子 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled HSK 7
味精 味精 wèi jīng monosodium glutamate (MSG) HSK 7
要领 要領 yào lǐng main aspects; essentials; gist HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
一系列 一系列 yī xì liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
甚至于 甚至於 shèn zhì yú so much (that); even (to the extent that) HSK 7
不了了之 不了了之 bù liǎo liǎo zhī to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite HSK 7
较劲 較勁 jiào jìn to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort HSK 7
柿子 柿子 shì zi persimmon HSK 7
吉普 吉普 Jí pǔ Jeep (car brand) HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
晚年 晚年 wǎn nián one's later years HSK 7
筐 筐 kuāng basket HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
闹事 鬧事 nào shì to cause trouble; to create a disturbance HSK 7
纺织 紡織 fǎng zhī spinning and weaving HSK 7
格局 格局 gé jú structure; pattern; layout HSK 7
剧团 劇團 jù tuán theatrical troupe HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
譬如 譬如 pì rú for example; for instance; such as HSK 7
废品 廢品 fèi pǐn production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material HSK 7
退学 退學 tuì xué to quit school HSK 7
帝国主义 帝國主義 dì guó zhǔ yì imperialism HSK 7
投身 投身 tóu shēn to throw oneself into sth HSK 7
交涉 交涉 jiāo shè to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with) HSK 7
复兴 復興 Fù xīng Fuxing district of Handan city 邯郸市, Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan HSK 7
受贿 受賄 shòu huì to accept a bribe HSK 7
特制 特製 tè zhì special; unique HSK 7
颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
密集 密集 mì jí concentrated; crowded together; intensive; compressed HSK 7
赶往 趕往 gǎn wǎng to hurry to (somewhere) HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall HSK 7