The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War 2011

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%

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immediately HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
zhàn dòu to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
already; since; both... (and...) HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
miǎn fèi free (of charge) HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
tóu to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
duì regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
guān pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
zhǎo to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
tiáo xīn to be of one mind; to think or act alike Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
Qiáo zhì George (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhī phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
quán chéng whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3