The Eight Hundred

The Eight Hundred 2020

八佰 bā bǎi

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

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4.82 Intermediate Director Guan Hu 🍅 89%

Cast

Wang Qianyuan Wang Qianyuan Yang Guai Zhang Yi Zhang Yi Old Abacus Huang Zhizhong Huang Zhizhong Lao Hulu Jiang Wu Jiang Wu Lao Tie Ou Hao Ou Hao Duan Wu Du Chun Du Chun Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan Vision Wei Vision Wei Zhu Shengzhong Tang Yixin Tang Yixin Yang Huimin Li Jiuxiao Li Jiuxiao Dao Zi Jerry Lee Jerry Lee Qi Jiaming

Vocabulary

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经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟且偷生 苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence Idiom ∼HSK 6
满坑满谷 滿坑滿谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ (idiom) all over the place; in every nook and cranny; packed to the rafters Idiom ∼HSK 6
严惩不贷 嚴懲不貸 yán chéng bù dài to punish severely (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
名扬四海 名揚四海 míng yáng sì hǎi to become known far and wide (idiom); famous Idiom ∼HSK 6
一文不值 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever Idiom ∼HSK 6
浑蛋 渾蛋 hún dàn variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
命根子 命根子 mìng gēn zi lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
麻利 麻利 má li swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
脑壳 腦殼 nǎo ké (coll.) head; skull; (fig.) brains (mental capacity) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
野路子 野路子 yě lù zi (coll.) unorthodox (method etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
雷 雷 Léi surname Lei HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
租界 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) ∼HSK 6
升旗 升旗 shēng qí to raise a flag; to hoist a flag ∼HSK 6
有情 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
不妙 不妙 bù miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring ∼HSK 6
重炮 重砲 zhòng pào heavy artillery ∼HSK 6
钢板 鋼板 gāng bǎn steel plate ∼HSK 6
冲锋 衝鋒 chōng fēng to charge; to assault; assault ∼HSK 6
酒酿 酒釀 jiǔ niàng sweet fermented rice; glutinous rice wine ∼HSK 6
上峰 上峰 shàng fēng peak; summit; (old) higher authorities; superiors ∼HSK 6
越界 越界 yuè jiè to cross a border; to overstep a bound ∼HSK 6
医护 醫護 yī hù doctors and nurses; medic; medical (personnel) ∼HSK 6
旗子 旗子 qí zi flag; banner ∼HSK 6
待命 待命 dài mìng to be on call; to be on standby ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
磨蹭 磨蹭 mó ceng to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag ∼HSK 6
英灵 英靈 yīng líng spirit of a martyr; spirit of the brave departed; (literary) person of remarkable talent ∼HSK 6
侵扰 侵擾 qīn rǎo to invade and harass ∼HSK 6
收拢 收攏 shōu lǒng to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc); to assemble (a party of persons); to rope in (some people) ∼HSK 6
垫背 墊背 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim; to suffer for sb else; scapegoat; to share sb's fate ∼HSK 6
麻袋 麻袋 má dài sack; burlap bag ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire; firefighting ∼HSK 6
文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military); civil service; administration ∼HSK 6
杂牌军 雜牌軍 zá pái jūn miscellaneous troops; irregular troops; troops of varied allegiances; uncertified staff ∼HSK 6
小娃 小娃 xiǎo wá child ∼HSK 6
探路 探路 tàn lù to find a path ∼HSK 6
探照灯 探照燈 tàn zhào dēng searchlight ∼HSK 6
好样的 好樣的 hǎo yàng de (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage ∼HSK 6
大限 大限 dà xiàn the limit; maximum; one's allocated lifespan ∼HSK 6