Still Life 2006
三峡好人
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 摊 攤 | to spread out; vendor's stand | |
| 魔术 魔術 | magic | |
| 独家 獨家 | exclusive | |
| 罩 罩 | cover; fish trap (basket); shade | |
| 辞 辤 | old variant of 辞 | |
| 永不 永不 | never; will never | |
| 地道 地道 | tunnel; causeway | |
| 奔 奔 | to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope | |
| 保姆 保姆 | nanny; housekeeper | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 人选 人選 | choice of person; candidate | |
| 麻 蔴 | variant of 麻; hemp | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 手臂 手臂 | arm; helper | |
| 穿过 穿過 | to pass through | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 玫瑰 玫瑰 | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 港 港 | harbor; port | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 逢场作戏 逢場作戲 | lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions | Idiom |
| 欺人太甚 欺人太甚 | (idiom) to bully intolerably | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 啥子 啥子 | (dialect) what | |
| 名堂 名堂 | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye | |
| 缠绵 纏綿 | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) | |
| 翩翩 翩翩 | elegant; graceful; smart; to dance lightly | |
| 砍死 砍死 | to hack to death; to kill with an ax | |
| 掏出 掏出 | to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) | |
| 直辖 直轄 | to govern directly | |
| 种田 種田 | to farm; farming | |
| 供销 供銷 | supply and marketing; distribution; supply and sales | |
| 柔情 柔情 | gentle feelings; tender sentiments | |
| 古墓 古墓 | old tomb (archaeology) | |
| 淋湿 淋濕 | to get soaked | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 剧终 劇終 | The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) |