The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War 2011

金陵十三钗 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%

Cast

Christian Bale Christian Bale John Miller Ni Ni Ni Ni Yu Mo Zhang Xinyi Zhang Xinyi Shu Huang Tianyuan Huang Tianyuan George Chen Han Xiting Han Xiting Yi Zhang Doudou Zhang Doudou Ling Tong Dawei Tong Dawei Major Li Cao Kefan Cao Kefan Mr. Meng Atsuro Watabe Atsuro Watabe Colonel Hasegawa Yuan Yangchunzi Yuan Yangchunzi Mosquito

Vocabulary

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优雅 優雅 yōu yǎ grace; graceful HSK 7
拯救 拯救 zhěng jiù to save; to rescue HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
孤单 孤單 gū dān lone; lonely; loneliness HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
结局 結局 jié jú conclusion; ending HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
穿着 穿著 chuān zhuó attire; clothes; dress HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
患 患 huàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry HSK 7
灵魂 靈魂 líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
妙手回春 妙手回春 miào shǒu - huí chūn (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure Idiom ∼HSK 6
自作多情 自作多情 zì zuò - duō qíng to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
数不清 數不清 shǔ bu qīng countless; innumerable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
老娘 老孃 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
泡汤 泡湯 pào tāng (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
庆功 慶功 qìng gōng to celebrate a heroic deed ∼HSK 6
洋鬼子 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners ∼HSK 6
殡葬 殯葬 bìn zàng funeral and interment ∼HSK 6
琵琶 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard ∼HSK 6
诸公 諸公 zhū gōng gentlemen (form of address) ∼HSK 6
逃命 逃命 táo mìng to escape; to flee; to run for one's life ∼HSK 6
安葬 安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) ∼HSK 6
琴弦 琴絃 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) ∼HSK 6
自古以来 自古以來 zì gǔ yǐ lái since ancient times ∼HSK 6