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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| 攻破 攻破 | to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) | |
| 大雾 大霧 | thick fog | |
| 爆破手 爆破手 | dynamiter | |
| 亡国奴 亡國奴 | conquered people | |
| 礼拜堂 禮拜堂 | chapel; church (Protestant) | |
| 胭脂 胭脂 | rouge | |
| 讲理 講理 | to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable | |
| 放荡 放蕩 | licentious; wanton; morally unrestrained | |
| 孤儿院 孤兒院 | orphanage; child asylum | |
| 不消 不消 | to not need; needless (to say) | |
| 洋文 洋文 | foreign language (esp. Western) (old) | |
| 女伴 女伴 | female companion | |
| 价码 價碼 | price tag | |
| 调情 調情 | to flirt | |
| 无与伦比 無與倫比 | incomparable | |
| 凯旋 凱旋 | to return in triumph; to return victorious | |
| 劳苦功高 勞苦功高 | 劳: labor, toil, do manual work · 苦: bitter; hardship, suffering · 功: achievement, merit, good result · 高: high, tall; lofty, elevated | |
| 枪炮 槍砲 | firearm | |
| 保命 保命 | to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival | |
| 发骚 發騷 | horny; lecherous | |
| 麻雀 麻雀 | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong | |
| 扎扎 扎扎 | (onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc) | |
| 贱卖 賤賣 | to sell cheaply; sacrifice; low price; discount sale | |
| 便衣 便衣 | civilian clothes; plain clothes; plainclothesman | |
| 人道主义 人道主義 | humanism; humanitarian (aid) | |
| 清点 清點 | to check; to make inventory | |
| 手雷 手雷 | grenade | |
| 奉命 奉命 | by order | |
| 岗哨 崗哨 | lookout post; sentry post; sentry | |
| 挨饿 挨餓 | to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished | |
| 童谣 童謠 | nursery rhyme | |
| 打赌 打賭 | to bet; to make a bet; a wager | |
| 瞎子 瞎子 | blind person | |
| 种田 種田 | to farm; farming | |
| 撤走 撤走 | to retire; to remove; to withdraw; to evacuate | |
| 校服 校服 | school uniform | |
| 漂泊 漂泊 | (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence | |
| 窑子 窯子 | (old) low-grade brothel | |
| 胡涂 胡塗 | variant of | |
| 护着 護著 | to protect; to guard; to shield | |
| 亡国 亡國 | (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation | |
| 足足 足足 | fully; no less than; as much as; extremely | |
| 有情有义 有情有義 | affectionate and true; loyal (idiom) | |
| 茅坑 茅坑 | latrine pit; latrine | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 撕破 撕破 | to tear; to rip | |
| 袖子 袖子 | sleeve | |
| 锦绣 錦繡 | beautiful | |
| 风雅 風雅 | cultured; sophisticated | |
| 娘胎 孃胎 | womb |