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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dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
(coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
Shí PRC National Day (October 1st) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
děng xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
shī doctor ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
hǎo not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
cure, heal; doctor, medical ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
穿 穿 chuān to put on clothes; to get dressed ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
zài xiào (attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc) ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
huān xiào to laugh happily; a belly-laugh ∼HSK 1
zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
nián zhōng within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year ∼HSK 1
chóng chóng layer upon layer; one after another ∼HSK 1