Pickpocket

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.

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3.9 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 100%

Cast

Wang Hongwei Wang Hongwei Xiao Wu Hao Hongjian 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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老本 老本 lǎo běn capital; assets; savings; nest egg; (fig.) reputation; laurels (to rest upon); old edition of a book; (tree) trunk ∼HSK 1
对上 對上 duì shàng to fit one into the other; to bring two things into contact ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
对我来说 對我來說 duì wǒ lái shuō as far as I'm concerned ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
分子 分子 fēn zǐ (chemistry) molecule; (math) numerator of a fraction ∼HSK 1
听起来 聽起來 tīng qi lai to sound like ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
出外 出外 chū wài to go out; to leave for another place ∼HSK 1
分钱 分錢 fēn qián cent; penny ∼HSK 1
不一 不一 bù yī to vary; to differ ∼HSK 1
自己人 自己人 zì jǐ rén those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us ∼HSK 1
对唱 對唱 duì chàng in duet; answering phrase; antiphonal answer ∼HSK 1
歌儿 歌兒 gē r song ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
这么着 這麼著 zhè me zhe thus; in this way; like this ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
走你 走你 zǒu nǐ (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this! ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
找见 找見 zhǎo jiàn to find (sth one has been looking for) ∼HSK 1
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above ∼HSK 1
忙着 忙著 máng zhe to be occupied with (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
对不住 對不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) ∼HSK 1
早来 早來 zǎo lái to arrive early ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
机 機 Jī desk; machine; moment ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
高粱 高粱 gāo liáng sorghum; common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
瞌睡 瞌睡 kē shuì drowsy; to doze; to nap ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
坐好 坐好 zuò hǎo to sit properly; to sit up straight ∼HSK 1
一百一 一百一 yī bǎi yī faultless; impeccable ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
站起来 站起來 zhàn qǐ lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
等一会 等一會 děng yī huì Wait a moment!; after a while ∼HSK 1