Still Life

Still Life 2006

三峡好人 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%

Cast

Han Sanming Han Sanming San-Ming Han Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Shen-Hong Guo Wang Hongwei Wang Hongwei Dong Ming-Wan Zhubin Li Guo Bin Haiyu Xiang Lin Zhou Brother Mark Lizhen Ma Missy Ma Zhou Lan Yong Huang Jingsheng Li

Vocabulary

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摩的 摩的 mó dī motorcycle taxi; abbr. for ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
玲 玲 líng tinkling of jade ∼HSK 5
会议室 會議室 huì yì shì meeting room; conference room ∼HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
涛 濤 tāo large waves ∼HSK 5
绵 綿 mián cotton wad; wool; soft, downy ∼HSK 5
红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs ∼HSK 5
沈 沈 Shěn sink, submerge; addicted to; surname ∼HSK 5
靠岸 靠岸 kào àn (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall ∼HSK 5
搞乱 搞亂 gǎo luàn to mess up; to mismanage; to bungle; to confuse; to muddle ∼HSK 5
囤 囤 dùn grain basket, bin for grain ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
找麻烦 找麻煩 zhǎo má fan to look for trouble ∼HSK 5
麦子 麥子 mài zi wheat ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
芒果 芒果 máng guǒ mango (loanword) ∼HSK 5
休 休 xiū do not, stop ∼HSK 5
宇 宇 yǔ house; building, structure; eaves ∼HSK 5
沉醉 沉醉 chén zuì to become intoxicated ∼HSK 5
指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters; command post ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
合集 合集 hé jí collection; compilation ∼HSK 5
爆破 爆破 bào pò to blow up; to demolish (using explosives); dynamite; blast ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
峡 峽 xiá gorge, strait, ravine; isthmus ∼HSK 5
途 途 tú way, road, path, journey; course ∼HSK 5
猿 猨 yuán ape ∼HSK 5
啼 啼 tí weep, whimper; howl, twitter ∼HSK 5
注目 注目 zhù mù attention; to stare at; to fix attention on sth ∼HSK 5
增高 增高 zēng gāo to heighten; to raise; to increase; to rise ∼HSK 5
嗳 噯 ǎi interjection; exclamation ∼HSK 5
噻 噻 sāi character used in translation ∼HSK 5
厂长 廠長 chǎng zhǎng factory director HSK 5
两岸 兩岸 liǎng àn bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
不曾 不曾 bù céng hasn't yet; hasn't ever HSK 5
煤 煤 méi coal HSK 5
拆除 拆除 chāi chú to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove HSK 5
时常 時常 shí cháng often; frequently HSK 5
挣钱 掙錢 zhèng qián to make money HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
乘坐 乘坐 chéng zuò to ride (in a vehicle) HSK 5
餐馆 餐館 cān guǎn restaurant HSK 5
师傅 師傅 shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
打扰 打擾 dǎ rǎo to disturb; to bother; to trouble HSK 5
闯 闖 chuǎng to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) HSK 5
挣 掙 zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5