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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| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 亚 亞 | Asia; second | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 大白 大白 | 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 | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 学到 學到 | to learn (sth); to learn about | |
| 包包 包包 | bag or purse etc; small bump or pimple; hillock | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 三元 三元 | (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial, metropolitan and palace | |
| 看在 看在 | (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... | |
| 二哥 二哥 | second brother | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 下水 下水 | 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 | |
| 大老远 大老遠 | very far away | |
| 客栈 客棧 | tavern; guest house; inn; hotel | |
| 六十 六十 | sixty; 60 | |
| 坐车 坐車 | to take the car, bus, train etc | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 不由 不由 | can't help (doing sth) | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 水电 水電 | hydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 日你妈 日你媽 | fuck your mother (vulgar) | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 不比 不比 | unlike | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 没事 沒事 | 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) | |
| 绊住 絆住 | to entangle; to hinder; to impede movement | |
| 最新 最新 | latest; newest | |
| 天堑 天塹 | natural moat | |
| 早在 早在 | as early as | |
| 做出 做出 | to put out; to issue |