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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rabbit HSK 5
tóu dock; pier; wharf HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
ǒu ěr occasionally; once in a while; sometimes HSK 5
chǎn property; assets HSK 5
chāi to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open HSK 5
cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
duī to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount HSK 5
qīng to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of HSK 5
warehouse; storehouse; (file) library HSK 5
shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
shú to be familiar with; to know well HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
guǐ 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 HSK 5
zhí xíng to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
client; customer HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng 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) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
dài thorny; (fig.) barbed; sarcastic Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
dài huò (coll.) to smuggle Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
nán tóng gay guy (coll.) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo 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 HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Fèng jié Fengjie, a county in Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sān xiá 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 ∼HSK 4
chāng Yichang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Fèng jié Xiàn Fengjie, a county in Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
lán the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chóng míng Dǎo Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Měi chāo US dollar bill; greenback Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
chuān Shěng Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sān xiá Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wàn zhōu Wanzhou, a district of Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhōu Rùn Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star Proper Noun ∼HSK 4