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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méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
ge older brother HSK 1
jiā rén family member; (old) servant HSK 1
fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
subject; course; class; lesson; to levy; tax; form of divination HSK 1
shàng bān to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office HSK 1
饿 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
fu clothes HSK 1
seven; 7 HSK 1
chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
eight; 8 HSK 1
wàng to forget HSK 1
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
diàn huà to make a telephone call HSK 1
bìng rén sick person; patient; invalid HSK 1
kāi to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on HSK 1
huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
father; dad; pa; papa HSK 1
guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots HSK 1
cháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant HSK 1
diàn lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc HSK 1
wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
yòng need not HSK 1
jiào religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell HSK 1
jiā home HSK 1
huí dào to return to HSK 1
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
ér daughter HSK 1
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
jīn nián this year HSK 1
shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
men they; them (for females) HSK 1
shēng doctor HSK 1
bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
chàng to sing; to call loudly; to chant HSK 1
liù six; 6 HSK 1
lǎo shī teacher HSK 1
chū to go out HSK 1
xià afternoon; p.m. HSK 1
li there; that place HSK 1
bāo to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet HSK 1
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
shēn the body; one's health; in person HSK 1