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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| 兔 兎 | rabbit | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 偶尔 偶爾 | occasionally; once in a while; sometimes | |
| 资产 資產 | property; assets | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 清理 清理 | to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of | |
| 库 庫 | warehouse; storehouse; (file) library | |
| 瘦 瘦 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 客户 客戶 | client; customer | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 带刺 帶刺 | thorny; (fig.) barbed; sarcastic | Xiehouyu |
| 带货 帶貨 | (coll.) to smuggle | Colloquialism |
| 男同 男同 | gay guy (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 奉节 奉節 | Fengjie, a county in Chongqing | Proper Noun |
| 三峡 三峽 | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 宜昌 宜昌 | Yichang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province | Proper Noun |
| 奉节县 奉節縣 | Fengjie, a county in Chongqing | Proper Noun |
| 法兰克 法蘭克 | the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) | Proper Noun |
| 彼得 彼得 | Peter (name) | Proper Noun |
| 崇明岛 崇明島 | Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai | Proper Noun |
| 美钞 美鈔 | US dollar bill; greenback | Proper Noun |
| 四川省 四川省 | Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu | Proper Noun |
| 三峡大坝 三峽大壩 | Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River | Proper Noun |
| 万州 萬州 | Wanzhou, a district of Chongqing | Proper Noun |
| 周润发 周潤發 | Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star | Proper Noun |