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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| 战场 戰場 | battlefield | |
| 抵抗 抵抗 | to resist; resistance | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 娃娃 娃娃 | baby; small child; doll | |
| 蹲 蹲 | to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 伤口 傷口 | wound; cut | |
| 幻想 幻想 | delusion; fantasy | |
| 钻 鑽 | to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain | |
| 当天 當天 | on that day | |
| 炸弹 炸彈 | bomb | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 天堂 天堂 | paradise; heaven | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 气氛 氣氛 | atmosphere; mood | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 止 止 | to stop; to prohibit; until; only | |
| 圣诞节 聖誕節 | Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas | |
| 埋 埋 | to bury | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 舞蹈 舞蹈 | dance (performance art); dancing | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 侧 側 | the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 上帝 上帝 | God | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 能否 能否 | whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible? | |
| 胸 胷 | chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 遗憾 遺憾 | regret; to regret; to be sorry that | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 样 樣 | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 允许 允許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 超 超 | to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with |