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聂隐娘 "The Assassin"

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ID: 2822 Advanced
嘎纳电影节得奖电影“聂隐娘”以文言文对白引起大众关注,但整部影片却是全然的现代艺术风格。虽然不是用来学现代汉语的好材料,却不妨当作一种美学的经验来享受吧。 Photo credit
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侠女 xiánǚ female martial arts heroine
唯美 wéiměi aesthetically pleasing
诗歌 shīgē poem
台词 táicí lines; dialogue
小李你们学校教文言文吗
Xiǎo Lǐ 小李nǐmen 你们xuéxiào 学校jiāo 教wényánwén 文言文ma 吗
Xiao Li, does your school teach Classical Chinese?
嗯目前是没有不过台湾其他大学的华语中心应该是有这个课程怎么想学文言文啦
ng4 嗯mùqián 目前shì 是méiyǒu 没有bùguò 不过Táiwān 台湾qítā 其他dàxué 大学de 的huáyǔ 华语zhōngxīn 中心yīnggāi 应该shì 是yǒu 有zhè ge 这个kèchéng 课程zěnme 怎么xiǎng 想xué 学wényánwén 文言文la 啦
Em, it doesn't at the minute, but Chinese language centers at other universities in Taiwan will likely have this kind of class. Why, you want to learn Classical Chinese?
是啊今天看了一部电影讲的是中国唐朝一个侠女的故事电影画面特别唯美简直像诗歌一样可是台词都是文言文我一句也听不懂
shì a 是啊jīntiān 今天kàn 看le 了yī 一bù 部diànyǐng 电影jiǎng 讲de 的shì 是Zhōngguó 中国Tángcháo 唐朝yī 一gè 个xiánǚ 侠女de 的gùshi 故事diànyǐng 电影huàmiàn 画面tèbié 特别wéiměi 唯美jiǎnzhí 简直xiàng 像shīgē 诗歌yīyàng 一样kěshì 可是táicí 台词dōu 都shì 是wényánwén 文言文wǒ 我yī 一jù 句yě 也tīng 听bù dǒng 不懂
Yeah. I saw a film today, about a female assasin from the Tang dynasty. The film had a very unique aesthetic, it was almost poetic, but the dialogue was all in Classical Chinese, I didn't understand a word of it.
你说的应该是侯孝贤导演的聂隐娘吧
nǐshuōde 你说的yīnggāi 应该shì 是Hóu xiàoxián 侯孝贤dǎoyǎn 导演de 的Niè yǐnniáng 聂隐娘ba 吧
You must be taking about The Assassin by the director Hou Hsiao-hsien.
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