Still Life

Still Life 2006

三峡好人 sānxiá hǎorén

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.

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3.57 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 91%

Cast

Han Sanming Han Sanming San-Ming Han Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Shen-Hong Guo Wang Hongwei Wang Hongwei Dong Ming-Wan Zhubin Li Guo Bin Haiyu Xiang Lin Zhou Brother Mark Lizhen Ma Missy Ma Zhou Lan Yong Huang Jingsheng Li

Vocabulary

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千山万水 千山萬水 qiān shān wàn shuǐ lit. a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers (idiom); fig. a long and arduous journey; great distances Idiom ∼HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages Colloquialism HSK 7
亏待 虧待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly HSK 7
公安局 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) HSK 7
特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product; (regional) specialty HSK 7
落成 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project HSK 7
包庇 包庇 bāo bì to shield; to harbor; to cover up HSK 7
不慎 不慎 bù shèn incautious; inattentive HSK 7
口令 口令 kǒu lìng oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry) HSK 7
不解 不解 bù jiě to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble HSK 7
锈 鏽 xiù to rust HSK 7
小溪 小溪 xiǎo xī brook; streamlet HSK 7
摆平 擺平 bǎi píng to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement HSK 7
口子 口子 kǒu zi hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent HSK 7
庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop HSK 7
搬迁 搬遷 bān qiān to move; to relocate; removal HSK 7
新奇 新奇 xīn qí novel; new; exotic HSK 7
淹 淹 yān to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay HSK 7
恼火 惱火 nǎo huǒ annoyed; riled; vexed HSK 7
风雨 風雨 fēng yǔ wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships HSK 7
怀旧 懷舊 huái jiù to feel nostalgic; nostalgia HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint HSK 7
贪污 貪污 tān wū to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle HSK 7
住宿 住宿 zhù sù to stay at; lodging; accommodation HSK 7
董事长 董事長 dǒng shì zhǎng chairman of the board of directors HSK 7
懂事 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent HSK 7
初次 初次 chū cì for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc) HSK 7
瀑布 瀑布 pù bù waterfall HSK 7
丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery HSK 7
漂 漂 piāo to float; to drift HSK 7
届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes; at the scheduled time HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
贵宾 貴賓 guì bīn honored guest; distinguished guest; VIP HSK 7
煤矿 煤礦 méi kuàng coal mine; coal seam HSK 7
得罪 得罪 dé zui to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 罪 HSK 7
公务 公務 gōng wù official business HSK 7
不适 不適 bù shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
龟 龜 guī tortoise; turtle HSK 7
解救 解救 jiě jiù to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation HSK 7
文物 文物 wén wù cultural relic; historical relic HSK 7
追逐 追逐 zhuī zhú to chase; to pursue vigorously HSK 7
发掘 發掘 fā jué to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into HSK 7