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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| 掩护 掩護 | to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover | |
| 墨 墨 | ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead | |
| 裹 裹 | to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth) | |
| 介意 介意 | to care about; to take offense; to mind | |
| 腔 腔 | (bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) | |
| 瞪 瞪 | to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 哄 哄 | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 荣幸 榮幸 | honored (to have the privilege of ...) | |
| 棍 棍 | stick; rod; truncheon | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 拽 拽 | to drag; to haul | |
| 违背 違背 | to go against; to be contrary to; to violate | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 陷阱 陷阱 | pitfall; snare; trap | |
| 乐意 樂意 | to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied | |
| 毁灭 毀滅 | to perish; to ruin; to destroy | |
| 坦克 坦克 | tank (military vehicle) (loanword) | |
| 神圣 神聖 | divine; hallow; holy; sacred | |
| 嘲笑 嘲笑 | to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 垫 墊 | pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money) | |
| 军官 軍官 | officer (military) | |
| 身子 身子 | body; pregnancy; health | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 撕 撕 | to tear | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 香水 香水 | perfume; cologne | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 魔鬼 魔鬼 | devil | |
| 溜 溜 | to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 见识 見識 | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight | |
| 永恒 永恆 | eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 地狱 地獄 | hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka | |
| 出手 出手 | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 人选 人選 | choice of person; candidate | |
| 倒霉 倒霉 | to have bad luck; to be out of luck | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 晃 㨪 | to dazzle; to flash past | |
| 卡车 卡車 | truck | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 祈祷 祈禱 | to pray; to say one's prayers; prayer | |
| 化妆 化妝 | to put on makeup | |
| 在意 在意 | to care about; to mind |