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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| 拆迁 拆遷 | to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants | |
| 老乡 老鄉 | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | |
| 公安 公安 | (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security | |
| 舟 舟 | boat | |
| 补助 補助 | to subsidize; subsidy; allowance | |
| 淹没 淹沒 | to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) | |
| 大米 大米 | (husked) rice | |
| 战友 戰友 | comrade-in-arms; battle companion | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 拐 枴 | cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 矿 礦 | mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 焦点 焦點 | focal point; focus (lit. and fig.) | |
| 咋 咋 | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 机械 機械 | machine; machinery; mechanical; (old) cunning; scheming | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 物品 物品 | articles; goods | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 咨询 咨詢 | to consult; to seek advice; consultation; (sales) inquiry (formal) | |
| 为此 為此 | for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 挖 挖 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | |
| 政策 政策 | policy | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 最佳 最佳 | optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc) | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 逼 偪 | variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure | |
| 啥 啥 | dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 穷鬼 窮鬼 | (vulgar) impoverished person; the poor | Xiehouyu |
| 劳民伤财 勞民傷財 | waste of manpower and resources | Xiehouyu |
| 青石 青石 | bluestone; limestone (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 斌 斌 | refined, having both appearance | |
| 幺 么 | one; tiny, small | |
| 夔 夔 | one-legged monster; walrus | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 倘 倘 | if, supposing, in event of | |
| 看清 看清 | to see clearly |