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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| 绣花枕头 繡花枕頭 | 绣: embroider; embroidery; ornament · 花: flower; blossoms · 枕: pillow · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss | Idiom |
| 轻而易举 輕而易舉 | easy; with no difficulty | Idiom |
| 扫兴 掃興 | to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited | Xiehouyu |
| 无家可归 無家可歸 | homeless | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 冒险 冒險 | to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure | Xiehouyu |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 外婆 外婆 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 逗 逗 | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | Colloquialism |
| 撒 撒 | to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 啰唆 囉唆 | variant of 啰嗦 | |
| 改日 改日 | another day; some other day | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 晃荡 晃蕩 | to rock; to sway; to shake | |
| 山川 山川 | mountains and rivers; landscape | |
| 要领 要領 | main aspects; essentials; gist | |
| 艳丽 艷麗 | gorgeous; garish and beautiful | |
| 请柬 請柬 | invitation card; written invitation | |
| 受惊 受驚 | startled | |
| 口哨 口哨 | whistle | |
| 继父 繼父 | stepfather | |
| 上火 上火 | to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) | |
| 爱惜 愛惜 | to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 托付 托付 | to entrust | |
| 舞厅 舞廳 | dance hall; ballroom | |
| 枪毙 槍斃 | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 糟蹋 糟蹋 | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 带路 帶路 | to lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct | |
| 半路 半路 | halfway; midway; on the way | |
| 凑合 湊合 | to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad | |
| 诚挚 誠摯 | sincere; cordial | |
| 天主教 天主教 | Catholicism | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 教养 教養 | to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture | |
| 没劲 沒勁 | to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest | |
| 胡闹 胡鬧 | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble | |
| 受苦 受苦 | to suffer hardship | |
| 传单 傳單 | leaflet; flier; pamphlet | |
| 收留 收留 | to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 拱 拱 | to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched | |
| 体面 體面 | dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable | |
| 毁坏 毀壞 | to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve |