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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jìn r erhua variant of ∼HSK 5
shí yán to break one's promise ∼HSK 5
huà nonsense; ridiculous talk; hogwash ∼HSK 5
xuè bloodstain ∼HSK 5
fàn cuò to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing ∼HSK 5
tòu to analyze in depth; dialysis; (chemistry) to dialyze; (medicine) to undergo dialysis treatment ∼HSK 5
tīng karaoke hall; singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs) ∼HSK 5
(Tw) (math.) probability ∼HSK 5
píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
xiōng kǒu chest ∼HSK 5
tuō bāng (loanword) utopia ∼HSK 5
zāo xīn vexed; annoyed; upset ∼HSK 5
jīng chá upon investigation ∼HSK 5
diào liàn zi to have one's bicycle chain come off; (fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up ∼HSK 5
zhǔ zhuā to be in charge of; to concentrate on ∼HSK 5
xiǎo father's youngest sister; husband's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
dàn dào trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve ∼HSK 5
pèi belt ornament, pendant; wear at waist, tie to the belt; respect ∼HSK 5
děi must; have to ∼HSK 5
zhāo shǒu to wave; to beckon HSK 5
便 便 biàn easy to; convenient for HSK 5
legal (proceedings); according to law HSK 5
shī poem HSK 5
zhí bān to work a shift; on duty HSK 5
xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
zhǎng to applaud; to clap HSK 5
zhèng shū credentials; certificate HSK 5
líng (small) bell HSK 5
wéi rào to revolve around; to center on (an issue) HSK 5
qiān to sign (one's name); signature HSK 5
zhāi to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) HSK 5
duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
rǎo to disturb; to bother; to trouble HSK 5
tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
zhēn chéng sincere; genuine; true HSK 5
cùn a unit of length; inch; thumb HSK 5
shāo wēi a little bit HSK 5
wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
dàn bullet HSK 5
míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
guī huà to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program HSK 5
zhí to resign HSK 5
guō pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing HSK 5
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize HSK 5
ǒu ěr occasionally; once in a while; sometimes HSK 5
yán solemn; grave; serious; earnest; severe HSK 5
miàn aspect; phase; situation HSK 5