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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| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 小妹妹 小妹妹 | little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 南京 南京 | Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 美国人 美國人 | American; American person; American people | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 浦口 浦口 | Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 | Proper Noun |
| 英国 英國 | United Kingdom (UK); Britain | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 十一 十一 | PRC National Day (October 1st) | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 小日本 小日本 | (derog.) Japanese person; Jap | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 十三 十三 | thirteen; 13 | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 地窖 地窖 | cellar; basement | |
| 在教 在教 | to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam) | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 小女 小女 | my daughter (humble) |