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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shēng to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice HSK 6
shè to involve; to touch upon (a topic) HSK 6
piān to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations HSK 6
yuán liàng to excuse; to forgive; to pardon HSK 6
xuè blood HSK 6
to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) HSK 6
zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
bìng disease; sickness; ailment HSK 6
wèi why HSK 6
cuò guò to miss (train, opportunity etc) HSK 6
Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
duì ranks; troops; queue; line; procession HSK 6
secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
wáng to die; death HSK 6
Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
and; to give; together with HSK 6
bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose Colloquialism HSK 5
zhé Marxist philosophy ∼HSK 5
hóng wide, spacious, great, vast ∼HSK 5
líng tinkling of jade ∼HSK 5
Yāo one; tiny, small ∼HSK 5
liào bright, clear; clear-sighted ∼HSK 5
na modal particle ∼HSK 5
zhǐ wén fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers ∼HSK 5
ruǐ unopened flowers, flower buds ∼HSK 5
liè huǒ raging inferno; blaze ∼HSK 5
kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
to see with one's own eyes; to witness ∼HSK 5
miàn kǒng face ∼HSK 5
xiù smell, scent, sniff; olfactive ∼HSK 5
Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
jié Chinese bellflower; well-swept; the inner fibers of corn-stalks ∼HSK 5
shǎ feeble-minded; dim-witted ∼HSK 5
tíng pretty; attractive; graceful ∼HSK 5
móu shā àn murder case ∼HSK 5
shèn act with care, be cautious ∼HSK 5
háo bǎo liú to hold nothing back; without reservation ∼HSK 5
shuō dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly ∼HSK 5
jiǎn tóu fa (to get a) haircut ∼HSK 5
xià qíng feelings of the masses; my situation (humble speech) ∼HSK 5
guān to imprison; to lock up (in jail) ∼HSK 5
dìng zuì to convict (sb of a crime) ∼HSK 5