Still Life

Still Life 2006

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%

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Vocabulary

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hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
yún (classical) to say HSK 2
亿 100 million HSK 2
nán fāng south; the southern part of the country; the South HSK 2
píng ān safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace HSK 2
see 咱 HSK 2
shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
zǎo chén early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] HSK 2
hǎo jiǔ quite a while HSK 2
wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
hǎo si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
xiǎng an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect HSK 2
yóu trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel HSK 2
yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2
cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
river HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
dào chù everywhere HSK 2
dēng lamp; light; lantern HSK 2
duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
chū to set off; to start (on a journey) HSK 2
liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
xiǎng to recall; to think of; to call to mind HSK 2
zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
chuán boat; vessel; ship HSK 2
yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
jiē street HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
ài qíng romance; love (romantic) HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
shí xiàn to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about HSK 2