The World

The World 2004

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At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the city’s suburbs, a security guard betrays his dancer girlfriend by pursuing another woman.

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3.61 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 74%

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Vocabulary

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mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
quē qián shortage of money Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
xiǎo niú calf; (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
běn Zhōng Big Ben Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Fén yáng Fenyang, county-level city in Lüliang, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Měng Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
ěr bīn Harbin, sub-provincial city and capital of Heilongjiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Shuāng Gemini (star sign) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the two great beauties of ancient China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Pān Jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward ∼HSK 3
jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
zhuǎn yǎn in the blink of an eye ∼HSK 3
xià xīng next week ∼HSK 3
měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
běn headquarters; head office ∼HSK 3
xīn lǐng I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) ∼HSK 3
shí xīng fashionable; popular ∼HSK 3
Ài artemisia, mugwort; translit. ∼HSK 3
yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
xià xīng next week ∼HSK 3
Zhǎn open, unfold; stretch, extend ∼HSK 3
bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3