An Elephant Sitting Still 2018
大象席地而坐
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 对象 對象 | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend | |
| 取消 取消 | to cancel; cancellation | |
| 经营 經營 | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate | |
| 公开 公開 | open; overt; public; to make public; to release | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 风险 風險 | risk; hazard | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 复杂 複雜 | complicated; complex | |
| 周围 周圍 | environs; surroundings; periphery | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 各种 各種 | every kind of; all kinds of; various | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 哈哈 哈哈 | (onom.) laughing out loud | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 状况 狀況 | condition; state; situation | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 值 值 | value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 市场 市場 | marketplace; market (also in abstract) | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 产生 產生 | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 造成 造成 | to bring about; to create; to cause | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 理解 理解 | to comprehend; to understand | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss |