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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tiān na good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
ge which ∼HSK 1
shàng gōng to go to work; to start work ∼HSK 1
chū yuè zi to complete the month of confinement following childbirth; cf ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
shí fifty ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
Zhōng wén Chinese language HSK 1
xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
xià to rain HSK 1
shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
not very; not too; not often HSK 1
chē zhàn rail station; bus stop HSK 1
shēng bìng to fall ill HSK 1
xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school HSK 1
qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
jiě older sister HSK 1
zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
mèi younger sister HSK 1
bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
bian over there; yonder HSK 1
zhī shi knowledge; intellectual HSK 1
shēng to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness HSK 1
mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
rain HSK 1
jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
jìn lái to come in HSK 1
tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate HSK 1
màn slow HSK 1
yǒu shí hou sometimes HSK 1
nán south HSK 1
ge older brother HSK 1
yǒu shí sometimes; now and then HSK 1
jiā rén family member; (old) servant HSK 1
fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
jiě jie older sister HSK 1
饿 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
seven; 7 HSK 1
eight; 8 HSK 1
wàng to forget HSK 1
máo hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) HSK 1