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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yǒu de (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) HSK 1
xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
diàn huà to make a telephone call HSK 1
huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
elder brother HSK 1
zǎo shang early morning HSK 1
cháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant HSK 1
fáng zi house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room HSK 1
wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
yòng need not HSK 1
jiāo to teach HSK 1
jiā home HSK 1
diàn nǎo computer HSK 1
shì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
tīng dào to hear HSK 1
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
shǒu cell phone; mobile phone HSK 1
jīn nián this year HSK 1
shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
chū to go out HSK 1
fēi to fly HSK 1
jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction HSK 1
li there; that place HSK 1
lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
bàn half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half HSK 1
song; to sing HSK 1
míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
ér zi son HSK 1
èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
yuǎn far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) HSK 1
zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
nán male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 HSK 1
five; 5 HSK 1
wǎn evening; night; late HSK 1
zuó tiān yesterday HSK 1
huí jiā to return home HSK 1
páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground) HSK 1
how; which HSK 1
jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms HSK 1
nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
shǎo few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom HSK 1