The Flowers of War 2011
金陵十三钗
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 转弯 轉彎 | to turn; to go around a corner | |
| 难免 難免 | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably | |
| 使劲 使勁 | to exert all one's strength | |
| 高尚 高尚 | noble; lofty; refined; exquisite | |
| 来得及 來得及 | to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it | |
| 鲜花 鮮花 | flower; fresh flowers | |
| 毛巾 毛巾 | towel | |
| 顺序 順序 | sequence; order | |
| 幼儿园 幼兒園 | kindergarten; nursery school | |
| 箱子 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk | |
| 集合 集合 | to gather; to assemble; (math.) set | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 业余 業餘 | in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc) | |
| 弯 彎 | to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc) | |
| 成人 成人 | adult | |
| 被迫 被迫 | to be compelled; to be forced | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 扫 掃 | to sweep | |
| 眼里 眼裡 | In the eyes | |
| 窗户 窗戶 | window | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 事物 事物 | thing; object | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 聚会 聚會 | party; gathering; to meet; to get together | |
| 姐妹 姐妹 | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 想念 想念 | to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again | |
| 酒吧 酒吧 | bar; pub; saloon | |
| 巧克力 巧克力 | chocolate (loanword) | |
| 勇敢 勇敢 | brave; courageous | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 有趣 有趣 | interesting; fascinating; amusing | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 面临 面臨 | to face sth; to be confronted with | |
| 士兵 士兵 | soldier | |
| 箱 箱 | box; trunk; chest | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 列 列 | to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row | |
| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 出色 出色 | remarkable; outstanding | |
| 尽快 儘快 | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 发挥 發揮 | to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) |