Only the River Flows

Only the River Flows 2023

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Dedicated police detective Ma Zhe is tasked with solving a series of brutal murders in a rural Chinese town. As pressure mounts from his superiors, a hasty arrest is made, but while his colleagues celebrate, several clues push Ma Zhe deeper into a desperate investigation of his own.

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3.84 Beginner Director Wei Shujun 🍅 85%

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Zhū various, all, these; surname ∼HSK 3
yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock ∼HSK 3
退 退 tuì xíng to recede; to degenerate; to regress ∼HSK 3
nèi xǐng to reflect upon oneself; introspection ∼HSK 3
xuè hot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology) ∼HSK 3
zhí miàn to face (reality, danger etc) ∼HSK 3
suí jiào suí dào to be available at any time; to be on call ∼HSK 3
lìng another; the other ∼HSK 3
zhèng to collect evidence ∼HSK 3
jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
dào to be all present ∼HSK 3
to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 3
liàn chain, wire, cable; chain, shack ∼HSK 3
dāo kǒu the edge of a knife; cut; incision ∼HSK 3
zǒng low-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty ∼HSK 3
bìng shǐ medical history ∼HSK 3
yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
wǎng xīn li to take sth to heart; to take sth seriously ∼HSK 3
shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
shù military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫 HSK 3
xiāng home; homeland; native place HSK 3
jīng shén bìng mental disorder; psychosis ∼HSK 3
qián hòu around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear HSK 3
senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
sàn to take a walk; to go for a walk HSK 3
kāi zhǎn to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open HSK 3
zhèng jiàn certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID HSK 3
jiā shǔ family member; (family) dependent HSK 3
zǒng jié to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé HSK 3
chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3
tiě railroad; railway HSK 3
zi house; room HSK 3
collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group HSK 3
běn shang basically; on the whole HSK 3
zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
xiān jìn advanced (technology); to advance HSK 3
shí tou stone HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
néng néng Can you HSK 3
qíng gǎn feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally) HSK 3
bǎo liú to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later HSK 3
dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
线 xiàn itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road) HSK 3
neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out HSK 3
zhǔn to approve; to ratify HSK 3
xíng shì outer appearance; form; shape; formality HSK 3