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.
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Vocabulary
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| 跑掉 跑掉 | to run away; to take to one's heels | |
| 听不懂 聽不懂 | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
| 应该的 應該的 | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 住嘴 住嘴 | to hold one's tongue; Shut up! | |
| 眼角 眼角 | outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 小孩 小孩 | child | |
| 在此 在此 | hereto; here | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 什么地方 什麼地方 | somewhere; someplace; where | |
| 弄到 弄到 | to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 生就 生就 | to be born with; to be gifted with | |
| 吃饱 吃飽 | to eat one's fill | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 街上 街上 | on the street; in town | |
| 助兴 助興 | to add to the fun; to liven things up | |
| 杀人 殺人 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | |
| 不变 不變 | constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 背影 背影 | rear view; figure seen from behind; view of the back (of a person or object) | |
| 再改 再改 | to change (sth) again | |
| 生来 生來 | from birth; by one's nature | |
| 接客 接客 | to receive guests; to receive patrons (of prostitutes) | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 办到 辦到 | to accomplish; to get (sth) done | |
| 假发 假髮 | wig | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 多时 多時 | long time | |
| 收下 收下 | to accept; to receive | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 难听 難聽 | unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful | |
| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 到头来 到頭來 | in the end; finally; as a result | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 走进 走進 | to enter | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 走开 走開 | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside | |
| 英文 英文 | English (language) | |
| 举手 舉手 | to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal) | |
| 院子 院子 | courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant | |
| 路边 路邊 | curb; roadside; wayside | |
| 大衣 大衣 | overcoat; topcoat; cloak | |
| 坏人 壞人 | bad person; villain | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 这时候 這時候 | At this moment |