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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在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
亚 亞 Yà Asia; second ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
外人 外人 wài rén outsider; foreigner; stranger ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
回事 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
大白 大白 dà bái to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
学到 學到 xué dào to learn (sth); to learn about ∼HSK 1
包包 包包 bāo bāo bag or purse etc; small bump or pimple; hillock ∼HSK 1
女孩 女孩 nǚ hái girl; lass ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
三元 三元 sān yuán (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial, metropolitan and palace ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
二哥 二哥 èr gē second brother ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
下水 下水 xià shuǐ downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot ∼HSK 1
大老远 大老遠 dà lǎo yuǎn very far away ∼HSK 1
客栈 客棧 kè zhàn tavern; guest house; inn; hotel ∼HSK 1
六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
坐车 坐車 zuò chē to take the car, bus, train etc ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
不由 不由 bù yóu can't help (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
水电 水電 shuǐ diàn hydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
日你妈 日你媽 rì nǐ mā fuck your mother (vulgar) ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
不比 不比 bù bǐ unlike ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
绊住 絆住 bàn zhù to entangle; to hinder; to impede movement ∼HSK 1
最新 最新 zuì xīn latest; newest ∼HSK 1
天堑 天塹 tiān qiàn natural moat ∼HSK 1
早在 早在 zǎo zài as early as ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
天哪 天哪 tiān na good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 1