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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| 天哪 天哪 | good heavens!; oh my God! | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 上工 上工 | to go to work; to start work | |
| 出月子 出月子 | to complete the month of confinement following childbirth; cf | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 下车 下車 | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 不大 不大 | not very; not too; not often | |
| 车站 車站 | rail station; bus stop | |
| 生病 生病 | to fall ill | |
| 小学 小學 | elementary school; primary school | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | 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) | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 知识 知識 | knowledge; intellectual | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 有时候 有時候 | sometimes | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 毛 毛 | 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) |