Pickpocket 1997

小武 xiǎo wǔ

A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.

HSK 1

3.9 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 100%

Cast

Wang Hongwei Xiao Wu

Hao Hongjian Jin Xiaoyong Baitao Zuo Hu Meimei Ma Jinrei Liu Junying Yonghao Liang An Qunyan Pharmacy Owner Dongdong Jiang Zhao Long Long Zhao

Vocabulary

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娶娶 qǔ	to take a wife; to marry (a woman)	HSK 7
寻尋 xún	to search; to look for; to seek	HSK 7
寂寞寂寞 jì mò	lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent	HSK 7
诉讼訴訟 sù sòng	lawsuit	HSK 7
孤单孤單 gū dān	lone; lonely; loneliness	HSK 7
一阵一陣 yī zhèn	a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)	HSK 7
老大老大 lǎo dà	old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang	HSK 7
望望 wàng	full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards	HSK 7
告告 gào	to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue	HSK 7
耍耍 shuǎ	to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)	HSK 7
革命革命 gé mìng	to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)	HSK 7
灰灰 huī	ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected	HSK 7
业業 yè	line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already	HSK 7
嘿嘿 hēi	hey	HSK 7
一面一面 yī miàn	one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face	HSK 7
哎哎 āi	hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)	HSK 7
丝絲 sī	silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc	HSK 7
不知不知 bù zhī	not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)	HSK 7
文文 wén	language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67	HSK 7
情情 qíng	feeling; emotion; passion; situation	HSK 7
及及 jí	and; to reach; up to; in time for	HSK 7
以㕥 Yǐ	abbr. for Israel 列	HSK 7
之之 zhī	(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it	HSK 7
屡教不改屢教不改 lǚ jiào bù gǎi	lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition; incorrigible; unrepentant	Idiom ∼HSK 6
害群之马害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ	lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple	Idiom ∼HSK 6
瞎说瞎說 xiā shuō	to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
万事如意萬事如意 wàn shì rú yì	to have all one's wishes (idiom); best wishes; all the best; may all your hopes be fulfilled	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成不成 bù chéng	won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?	Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬懸 xuán	to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation	Xiehouyu HSK 6
不赖不賴 bù lài	(coll.) not bad; good; fine	Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
整治整治 zhěng zhì	to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc)	Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛嘛 má	used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what?	Colloquialism HSK 6
点播點播 diǎn bō	webcast; to request item for broadcast on radio program; dibble seeding; spot seeding	∼HSK 6
决堤決隄 jué dī	(of a watercourse) to breach its dike; (of dikes) to collapse	∼HSK 6
绵绵綿綿 mián mián	continuous; uninterrupted	∼HSK 6
苍天蒼天 cāng tiān	firmament	∼HSK 6
大嫂大嫂 dà sǎo	older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)	∼HSK 6
忤逆忤逆 wǔ nì	disobedient to parents	∼HSK 6
惯犯慣犯 guàn fàn	recidivist; habitual criminal	∼HSK 6
谷子穀子 gǔ zi	millet; (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu")	∼HSK 6
监制監製 jiān zhì	to supervise the manufacture of; to supervise the shooting of films; executive producer (film)	∼HSK 6
银屏銀屏 yín píng	television; TV screen; the silver screen	∼HSK 6
啰嗦囉嗦 luō suo	variant of	∼HSK 6
窝藏窩藏 wō cáng	to harbor; to shelter	∼HSK 6
作案作案 zuò àn	to commit a crime	∼HSK 6
热浪熱浪 rè làng	heat wave	∼HSK 6
纤夫縴夫 qiàn fū	burlak (barge hauler)	∼HSK 6
消气消氣 xiāo qì	to cool one's temper	∼HSK 6
情缘情緣 qíng yuán	predestined love; love affinity	∼HSK 6
蛮子蠻子 mán zi	barbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)	∼HSK 6