Peace Hotel

Peace Hotel 1995

和平饭店 hépíng fàndiàn

After his wife's murder, Ping sets up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary for anyone who needs protecting. One day, a mysterious woman shows up who seeks shelter from a gang hunting her. Vowing to never turn anyone away, Ping must decide whether to help the women or risk confronting the gang.

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Vocabulary

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村子 村子 cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
金条 金條 jīn tiáo gold bar ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
旗下 旗下 qí xià under the banner of ∼HSK 3
怕死 怕死 pà sǐ to be scared of dying ∼HSK 3
光光 光光 guāng guāng bright; shiny; smooth; naked; bald; penniless ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
千秋 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years; your birthday (honorific) ∼HSK 3
春雨 春雨 chūn yǔ spring rain; gift from above ∼HSK 3
迷惘 迷惘 mí wǎng perplexed; at a loss ∼HSK 3
痛楚 痛楚 tòng chǔ pain; anguish; suffering ∼HSK 3
再造 再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life; to reconstruct; to reform; to rework; to recycle; to reproduce (copies, or offspring); restoration; restructuring ∼HSK 3
活口 活口 huó kǒu sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator; a captive who can provide information ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
相好 相好 xiāng hǎo to be intimate; close friend; paramour ∼HSK 3
世上 世上 shì shàng on earth ∼HSK 3
澡 澡 zǎo wash, bathe ∼HSK 3
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries) ∼HSK 3
打火机 打火機 dǎ huǒ jī lighter; cigarette lighter ∼HSK 3
历 歷 lì history; calendar ∼HSK 3
深爱 深愛 shēn ài to love dearly ∼HSK 3
花香 花香 huā xiāng fragrance of flowers ∼HSK 3
破鞋 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes; worn-out footwear; loose woman; slut ∼HSK 3
帛金 帛金 bó jīn (HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral ∼HSK 3
人参 人參 rén shēn ginseng ∼HSK 3
挂起 掛起 guà qǐ to hang up (a picture etc); to hoist up (a flag); (computing) to suspend (a process); (of a system) to hang; pending (operation) ∼HSK 3
死者 死者 sǐ zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
喝光 喝光 hē guāng to drink up; to finish (a drink) ∼HSK 3
白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) ∼HSK 3
心机 心機 xīn jī thinking; scheme ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply ∼HSK 3
村民 村民 cūn mín villager ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
血洗 血洗 xuè xǐ to carry out a bloodbath in (a place); (fig.) to wreak havoc on ∼HSK 3
把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
房租 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house HSK 3
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc) HSK 3
价钱 價錢 jià qian price HSK 3
本事 本事 běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
冬 冬 dōng winter HSK 3
从前 從前 cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3