Platform

Platform 2001

zhàntái

China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

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4.03 Intermediate Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 80%

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Vocabulary

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jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
mào rén to judge sb by appearances (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
gùn zi to deal a single fatal blow; (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error Idiom ∼HSK 6
hōng hōng liè liè strong; vigorous; large-scale Idiom ∼HSK 6
huàn huàn shī to worry about personal gains and losses Idiom ∼HSK 6
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth Idiom ∼HSK 6
huā huā shì jiè the teeming world; the world of sensual pleasures Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
zhā zha shí shí firm; solid; reliable; real; practical Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
lǎn rén lazy person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
shǒu guǎn to stand aside and do nothing (idiom); to take no part in Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
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
guāng gùn gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
ba flared trousers; bell-bottomed pants ∼HSK 6
liú làng ér street urchin; waif ∼HSK 6
fàn bìng to fall ill ∼HSK 6
xiá guāng multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset ∼HSK 6
còu nao to join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in; to create more trouble ∼HSK 6
luó pineapple ∼HSK 6
shǒu yìn handprint; fingerprint; thumbprint ∼HSK 6
guǐ hùn to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly ∼HSK 6
jùn lǐng lofty mountain range ∼HSK 6
pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle pe ∼HSK 6
尿 尿 niào to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee ∼HSK 6
kòu mào zi to tag sb with unfair label; power word ∼HSK 6
dāo shaver; razor ∼HSK 6
mián quilted cotton trousers; cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) ∼HSK 6
dūn xià to squat down; to crouch ∼HSK 6
lài shameless; (slang) rascal ∼HSK 6
yáng liǔ willow tree; poplar and willow; name of traditional tune ∼HSK 6
zhǔ rén gōng heroine (of a novel or film); main female protagonist ∼HSK 6
zài reasonable; sensible ∼HSK 6
xíng morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] ∼HSK 6
shēng huó zuò fēng behavior; conduct ∼HSK 6
rén to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend; to attract (attention) ∼HSK 6
xiǎng bāo fu sth weighing on one's mind ∼HSK 6