Men Behind the Sun 1988
黑太阳731
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
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Vocabulary
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| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 相提并论 相提並論 | to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) | Idiom |
| 千方百计 千方百計 | lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means | Idiom |
| 胆小鬼 膽小鬼 | coward | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 恳切 懇切 | earnest; sincere | |
| 争光 爭光 | to win an honor; to strive to win a prize | |
| 作客 作客 | to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn | |
| 免职 免職 | to relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote; dismissal; sacking | |
| 骨气 骨氣 | unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone | |
| 水温 水溫 | water temperature | |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 合情合理 合情合理 | reasonable and fair (idiom) | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 投射 投射 | to throw (a projectile); to cast (light) | |
| 下级 下級 | low ranking; low level; underclass; subordinate | |
| 礼节 禮節 | etiquette | |
| 公事 公事 | work-related matters; documents | |
| 就地 就地 | locally; on the spot | |
| 大幅度 大幅度 | by a wide margin; substantial | |
| 愈来愈 愈來愈 | more and more | |
| 过问 過問 | to show an interest in; to get involved with | |
| 参谋 參謀 | staff officer; to give advice | |
| 棋子 棋子 | chess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 子弟 子弟 | child; the younger generation | |
| 烟火 煙火 | smoke and fire; fireworks | |
| 减压 減壓 | to reduce pressure; to relax | |
| 敬礼 敬禮 | to salute; salute | |
| 通通 通通 | all; entire; complete | |
| 惨重 慘重 | disastrous | |
| 比起 比起 | compared with | |
| 关头 關頭 | juncture; moment | |
| 宽恕 寬恕 | to forgive; forgiveness | |
| 人道 人道 | human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse | |
| 细腻 細膩 | exquisite; meticulous | |
| 参军 參軍 | to join the army | |
| 哑 啞 | mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud | |
| 优越 優越 | superior; superiority | |
| 失利 失利 | to lose; to suffer defeat | |
| 电网 電網 | electricity grid; power grid; electrified wire netting | |
| 紧迫 緊迫 | pressing; urgent | |
| 接替 接替 | to replace; to take over (a position or post) | |
| 担当 擔當 | to take upon oneself; to assume | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 附属 附屬 | subsidiary; auxiliary; attached; affiliated; subordinate; subordinating | |
| 口腔 口腔 | oral cavity | |
| 贪污 貪污 | to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle | |
| 士气 士氣 | morale | |
| 意料 意料 | to anticipate; to expect; expectations |