Only the River Flows

Only the River Flows 2023

河边的错误 hébiān de cuòwù

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%

Cast

Zhu Yilong Zhu Yilong Ma Zhe Chloe Maayan Chloe Maayan Bai Jie Hou Tianlai Hou Tianlai Chief of Police Tong Linkai Tong Linkai Xie Kang Chunlei Kang Chunlei Madman Wang Jianyu Wang Jianyu Xu Liang Moxi Zishi Moxi Zishi Wang Hong Liu Baisha Liu Baisha Qian Ling Cao Yang Cao Yang Granny Four Zhou Qingyun Zhou Qingyun Boy by the River

Vocabulary

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注意 注意 zhù yì to take note of; to pay attention to HSK 3
保护 保護 bǎo hù to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection HSK 3
能力 能力 néng lì capability; ability HSK 3
调查 調查 diào chá investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll HSK 3
结束 結束 jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
任何 任何 rèn hé any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
云南 雲南 Yún nán Yunnan Province, capital Kunming Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
加缪 加繆 Jiā miù Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
契诃夫 契訶夫 Qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
河边 河邊 hé biān river bank ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
两句 兩句 liǎng jù (say) a few words ∼HSK 2
带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift; the next work shift; to relieve (a workman on the previous shift); to take over the job ∼HSK 2
有可能 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2