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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lín neighbor; next door HSK 5
huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc HSK 5
wèi stomach HSK 5
zhǎng bureau chief HSK 5
nǎo zi brains; mind HSK 5
bào jǐng to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police HSK 5
insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
线 xiàn suǒ trail; clues; thread (of a story) HSK 5
máo dùn contradiction; conflicting views; contradictory HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
rěn to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself HSK 5
to encourage HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
pīn to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out HSK 5
qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
zhǎng to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
xìng woman; the female sex HSK 5
huī to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
zài one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
cūn wěi huì village committee Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yǒujìnr Strength HSK 4
bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4