A Summer at Grandpa's

A Summer at Grandpa's 1984

冬冬的假期 dōng dōng de jiàqī

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%

Cast

Wong Kai-Gwong Tung-tung Lee Suk-Ching Lee Suk-Ching Ting-ting Chen Bo-zheng Chen Bo-zheng Liu Chang-min Lin Hsiu-Ling Lin Hsiu-Ling Lin Pi-yun Yen Cheng-kuo Yen Cheng-kuo Yen Cheng-kuo Nai-Chu Ting Nai-Chu Ting Huizhen Edward Yang Edward Yang Guanglin Mei Fang Mei Fang Tung-tung's Grandmother Ku Chun Ku Chun Tung-tung's Grandfather Yang Li-yin Yang Li-yin Hanzi

Vocabulary

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世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
要脸 要臉 yào liǎn (coll.) to have a sense of shame Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
老街 老街 Lǎo jiē Lao Cai, Vietnam; Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
颜 顏 Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
大头 大頭 dà tóu big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
外流 外流 wài liú outflow; to flow out; to drain ∼HSK 2
好生 好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie ∼HSK 2
离别 離別 lí bié to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
海里 海里 hǎi lǐ nautical mile ∼HSK 2
不带 不帶 bù dài not to have; without; un- ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of; to leave; separation ∼HSK 2
口红 口紅 kǒu hóng lipstick ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
平天下 平天下 píng tiān xià to pacify the country ∼HSK 2
向后 向後 xiàng hòu backward ∼HSK 2
河边 河邊 hé biān river bank ∼HSK 2
河水 河水 hé shuǐ river water ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
做为 做為 zuò wéi to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 ∼HSK 2
过得 過得 guò dé How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold; pleasantly cool HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad; to leave the country HSK 2