The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War 2011

金陵十三钗 jīnlíng shísān chāi

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

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4.23 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 41%

Cast

Christian Bale Christian Bale John Miller Ni Ni Ni Ni Yu Mo Zhang Xinyi Zhang Xinyi Shu Huang Tianyuan Huang Tianyuan George Chen Han Xiting Han Xiting Yi Zhang Doudou Zhang Doudou Ling Tong Dawei Tong Dawei Major Li Cao Kefan Cao Kefan Mr. Meng Atsuro Watabe Atsuro Watabe Colonel Hasegawa Yuan Yangchunzi Yuan Yangchunzi Mosquito

Vocabulary

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盘古 盤古 Pán gǔ Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江南 江南 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金陵 金陵 Jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
桃园 桃園 Táo yuán Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神父 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) ∼HSK 4
曼 曼 màn long, extended, vast; beautiful ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
教官 教官 jiào guān military instructor ∼HSK 4
娃 娃 wá baby; doll; pretty girl ∼HSK 4
泰 泰 Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
有味 有味 yǒu wèi tasty ∼HSK 4
厨子 廚子 chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
养父 養父 yǎng fù foster father; adoptive father ∼HSK 4
用具 用具 yòng jù appliance; utensil; gear; equipment ∼HSK 4
头牌 頭牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production; by extension, the lead role ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
臀 臀 tún buttocks ∼HSK 4
共用 共用 gòng yòng to share the use of; to have joint use of; communal (bathroom); shared (antenna); to use, in total,... ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
处女 處女 chǔ nǚ virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work) ∼HSK 4
的士 的士 dī shì taxi (loanword) ∼HSK 4
有失 有失 yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
祷告 禱告 dǎo gào to pray; prayer ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
单子 單子 dān zǐ the only son of a family; (functional programming or philosophy) monad ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
唱诗班 唱詩班 chàng shī bān choir ∼HSK 4
有责任 有責任 yǒu zé rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
派兵 派兵 pài bīng to dispatch troops ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
茅厕 茅廁 máo si (dialect) latrine ∼HSK 4
引开 引開 yǐn kāi to lure away; to divert ∼HSK 4
细细 細細 xì xì attentive; careful ∼HSK 4
洲 洲 zhōu continent; island; islet ∼HSK 4
躺下 躺下 tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
翻遍 翻遍 fān biàn to rummage through; to turn everything over; to ransack ∼HSK 4
扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low ∼HSK 4
帮厨 幫廚 bāng chú help in the mess kitchen ∼HSK 4
打雷 打雷 dǎ léi to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder HSK 4
前头 前頭 qián tou in front; at the head; ahead; above HSK 4
上楼 上樓 shàng lóu to go upstairs HSK 4