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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Vocabulary

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xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh) ∼HSK 2
to withdraw (money); to collect (left luggage); to extract; to refine ∼HSK 2
tōng piào through ticket ∼HSK 2
wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
qián criminal record; previous convictions ∼HSK 2
xiě wán to finish writing ∼HSK 2
wǎng qián (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future ∼HSK 2
měi every time ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
chá fáng to inspect a room; to do the rounds (medical) ∼HSK 2
xià tóu (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting; (slang) to feel put off ∼HSK 2
zhōu one week; all the way around; a whole cycle ∼HSK 2
shēng hái zi to give birth to a baby ∼HSK 2
tiān providence; the Will of Heaven ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
coffee; a phonetic ∼HSK 2
shì li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
wán rén perfect person ∼HSK 2
àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
tài Not too HSK 2
huì r at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r] HSK 2
chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2
sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
huài rén bad person; villain HSK 2
zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
zuò fàn to prepare a meal; to cook HSK 2
cháng jiàn commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently HSK 2
yuè liang the moon HSK 2
gòng altogether HSK 2
duō shù majority; most HSK 2
píng cháng ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily HSK 2
xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
zhòng shì to attach importance to sth; to value HSK 2
fēn kāi to separate; to part HSK 2
duì zhǎng captain; team leader HSK 2
see 咱 HSK 2
shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
quán all; entire HSK 2
chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
píng shí ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime HSK 2
rén kǒu population; people HSK 2
liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable HSK 2
hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
ān jìng quiet; peaceful; calm HSK 2