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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chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants HSK 6
lǎo xiāng fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown HSK 6
gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security HSK 6
zhōu boat HSK 6
zhù to subsidize; subsidy; allowance HSK 6
yān to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) HSK 6
(husked) rice HSK 6
zhàn yǒu comrade-in-arms; battle companion HSK 6
pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6
guǎi cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff HSK 6
yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
zǒu to take away HSK 6
kuàng mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine HSK 6
xiǎo de to know HSK 6
jiāo diǎn focal point; focus (lit. and fig.) HSK 6
dialectal equivalent of 怎么 HSK 6
lǎo shǔ rat; mouse HSK 6
xiè machine; machinery; mechanical; (old) cunning; scheming HSK 6
guān unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) HSK 6
tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
shēng to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice HSK 6
jiè (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm HSK 6
pǐn articles; goods HSK 6
yūn confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out HSK 6
xún to consult; to seek advice; consultation; (sales) inquiry (formal) HSK 6
wèi for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end HSK 6
hāi oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) HSK 6
to dig; to excavate; to scoop out HSK 6
zhèng policy HSK 6
shuǎng bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate HSK 6
zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
jiě 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 HSK 6
xué huì to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association HSK 6
hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
zuì jiā optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc) HSK 6
zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
and; to give; together with HSK 6
qióng guǐ (vulgar) impoverished person; the poor Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
láo mín shāng cái waste of manpower and resources Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
qīng shí bluestone; limestone (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
bīn refined, having both appearance ∼HSK 5
Yāo one; tiny, small ∼HSK 5
Kuí one-legged monster; walrus ∼HSK 5
what (literary) ∼HSK 5
cháng if, supposing, in event of ∼HSK 5
kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5