A Summer at Grandpa's

A Summer at Grandpa's 1984

dōng dōng de jià

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

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3.65 Beginner Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 100%

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bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
to cut; to cut apart HSK 7
diē dad HSK 7
shēng strange; unfamiliar HSK 7
chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
便 便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street HSK 7
táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
qiǎng jié to rob; looting HSK 7
zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
jiā family; clan HSK 7
gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
ā gōng (old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather ∼HSK 6
gān yóu cod liver oil ∼HSK 6
尿尿 尿尿 niào niào to pee ∼HSK 6
dǎn zhī gall; bile ∼HSK 6
hán dòng culvert ∼HSK 6
jié to tie up; to bind up; (medicine) to ligate; (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia); (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) ∼HSK 6
to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting) ∼HSK 6
jìng shàng yours truly; yours sincerely (at the end of a letter) ∼HSK 6
older sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] ∼HSK 6
jìn to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into ∼HSK 6
huī bié to wave goodbye; (fig.) to say goodbye to; to bid farewell to ∼HSK 6
shì to elapse; to pass away; to die; demise ∼HSK 6
reluctant to part; (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind ∼HSK 6
jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
mài (fig.) to step into; to enter ∼HSK 6
péng pài (of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous; (fig.) highly emotional; fervent ∼HSK 6