The Wasted Times

The Wasted Times 2016

罗曼蒂克消亡史 luómàndìkè xiāowáng shǐ

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.

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3.83 Beginner Director Cheng Er 🍅 20%

Cast

Ge You Ge You Mr. Lu Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi Xiao Liu Tadanobu Asano Tadanobu Asano Watabe Du Chun Du Chun Killer Gillian Chung Gillian Chung Xiao Wu Zhao Baogang Zhao Baogang Northern Guest Ni Dahong Ni Dahong Mr. Wang Yuan Quan Yuan Quan Miss Wu Yan Ni Yan Ni Mama Wang Han Geng Han Geng Mr. Zhao

Vocabulary

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将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
阴阳怪气 陰陽怪氣 yīn yáng guài qì eccentric; peculiar; mystifying Idiom ∼HSK 4
花好月圆 花好月圓 huā hǎo yuè yuán lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful; perfect happiness; conjugal bliss Idiom ∼HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
博爱 博愛 Bó ài Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宁波 寧波 Níng bō Ningbo, sub-provincial city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
霞飞 霞飛 Xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
童子军 童子軍 Tóng zǐ jūn Scout (youth organization) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
番禺 番禺 Pān yú Panyu District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong; Panyu County in Guangdong province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
徐家汇 徐家匯 Xú jiā huì Xujiahui, an area in, Xuhui district, central Shanghai Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
公馆 公館 Gōng guǎn Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
池田 池田 Chí tián Ikeda (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
横滨 橫濱 Héng bīn Yokohama, Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
下个月 下個月 xià gè yuè next month HSK 4
时局 時局 shí jú current political situation ∼HSK 4
童子 童子 tóng zǐ boy ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
寒碜 寒磣 hán chen ugly; shameful; to ridicule ∼HSK 4
老江湖 老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world ∼HSK 4
供电 供電 gōng diàn to supply electricity ∼HSK 4
劳工 勞工 láo gōng labor; laborer ∼HSK 4
惜 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge ∼HSK 4
用以 用以 yòng yǐ in order to; so as to ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
总归 總歸 zǒng guī anyhow; after all; eventually ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
试镜 試鏡 shì jìng to take a screen test; to audition; screen test; audition; tryout ∼HSK 4
试镜头 試鏡頭 shì jìng tóu screen test ∼HSK 4
天呀 天呀 tiān ya Heavens!; My goodness! ∼HSK 4
打杀 打殺 dǎ shā to kill ∼HSK 4
看透 看透 kàn tòu to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb) ∼HSK 4
有气质 有氣質 yǒu qì zhì to have class; classy ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
底片 底片 dǐ piàn negative; photographic plate ∼HSK 4
幽 幽 yōu quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark ∼HSK 4