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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huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
fēn sàn to scatter; to disperse; to distribute HSK 4
jié time; season; period HSK 4
zháo to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
kuài accountant; accountancy; accounting HSK 4
liè chē (railway) train HSK 4
zài hu not to care HSK 4
huì bào to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back HSK 4
chén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy HSK 4
yǎn jìng spectacles; eyeglasses HSK 4
zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth) HSK 4
qīng easily; lightly; rashly HSK 4
gǎi shàn to make better; to improve HSK 4
chí dào to arrive late HSK 4
mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
xiàn county HSK 4
shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
jiàn to meet HSK 4
qīng xǐng clear-headed; sober; awake HSK 4
wài tào coat; jacket HSK 4
jiě mèi sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) HSK 4
dìng to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular HSK 4
yǒng courage; valor HSK 4
huà to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
xià underground; subterranean; covert HSK 4
shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
xìn to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence HSK 4
shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
a household; door; family HSK 4
cái liào (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
to breathe HSK 4
yào medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug HSK 4
bǎo bao darling; baby HSK 4
to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
distance; to be apart from HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
juān to confine; to lock up; to pen in HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
shì to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software) HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4