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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shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
wēn nuǎn warm HSK 3
hūn to divorce HSK 3
gōng wages; pay HSK 3
qián wǎng to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to HSK 3
earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc HSK 3
mìng yùn fate; destiny HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
píng jià to evaluate; to assess HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
xiāng each other; mutually; mutual HSK 3
lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
táng sugar; sweets; candy HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
zhì zuò to make; to manufacture HSK 3
jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] HSK 3
xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒 HSK 3
concrete; definite; specific HSK 3
wén huà culture; civilization; cultural HSK 3
tuán round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
lǐng dǎo lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader HSK 3
zuò pǐn work (of art); opus HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
wén jiàn document; file HSK 3
Cháo abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea HSK 3
hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
xiàn shí reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
guǎn to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
shì chǎng marketplace; market (also in abstract) HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3