Pickpocket

Pickpocket 1997

xiǎo

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

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3.9 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 100%

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Vocabulary

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zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
(interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
shí fifty ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
zěn me zhāo what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] ∼HSK 1
yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
yòng qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
kàn shàng to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for ∼HSK 1
female singer (archaic) ∼HSK 1
lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis ∼HSK 1
mén qián in front of the door ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
děng děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
xiǎo mèi little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) ∼HSK 1
mǎi piào to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) ∼HSK 1
xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
duō yòng multipurpose; having several uses ∼HSK 1
míng tiān jiàn see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
xià to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born ∼HSK 1
xué hǎo to follow good examples ∼HSK 1