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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川菜 川菜 Chuān cài Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐代 唐代 Táng dài Tang dynasty (618-907) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江陵 江陵 Jiāng líng Jiangling county in Jingzhou, Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
郭 郭 Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
好象 好象 hǎo xiàng variant of 好像 ∼HSK 4
客轮 客輪 kè lún passenger ship ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
地盘 地盤 dì pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
娃 娃 wá baby; doll; pretty girl ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
阁 閣 gé chamber, pavilion; cabinet ∼HSK 4
加倍 加倍 jiā bèi to double; to redouble ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
江水 江水 jiāng shuǐ river water ∼HSK 4
散伙 散夥 sàn huǒ to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up ∼HSK 4
悔 悔 huǐ repent, show remorse, regret ∼HSK 4
秋叶 秋葉 qiū yè autumn leaf ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
森 森 Sēn forest; luxuriant vegetation ∼HSK 4
诗句 詩句 shī jù verse ∼HSK 4
彩云 彩雲 cǎi yún rosy clouds ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
点击 點擊 diǎn jī to hit; to press; to strike (on the keyboard); to click (a web page button) ∼HSK 4
长江 長江 Cháng Jiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang HSK 4
上楼 上樓 shàng lóu to go upstairs HSK 4
大姐 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
老家 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
诗人 詩人 shī rén bard; poet HSK 4
抽烟 抽煙 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
招呼 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
破产 破產 pò chǎn to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
小伙子 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man; young guy; lad; youngster HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
风景 風景 fēng jǐng scenery; landscape HSK 4
移民 移民 yí mín to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant HSK 4
翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation HSK 4
大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) HSK 4
护士 護士 hù shi nurse HSK 4
假如 假如 jiǎ rú if HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
县 縣 xiàn county HSK 4
夫妻 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
散 㪚 sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
在乎 在乎 zài hu to care about; equivalent of 在于 HSK 4