An Elephant Sitting Still

An Elephant Sitting Still 2018

大象席地而坐 dàxiàng xídì'érzuò

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.

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3.69 Beginner Director Hu Bo 🍅 94%

Cast

Peng Yuchang Peng Yuchang Wei Bu Wang Yuwen Wang Yuwen Huang Ling Zhang Yu Zhang Yu Yu Cheng Li Congxi Li Congxi Wang Jin Zhenghui Ling Li Kai Xiaolong Zhang Yu Shuai Li Danyi Wang Jin's Daughter Kong Wei Wang Jin's Son-in-Law Kong Yixin Wang Jin's Granddaughter Wang Chaobei Wang Chaobei Yu Cheng's Friend

Vocabulary

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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
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
全市 全市 quán shì whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
狗屎 狗屎 gǒu shǐ canine excrement; dog poo; bullshit ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼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
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
小狗 小狗 xiǎo gǒu pup; puppy ∼HSK 2
玩意 玩意 wán yì toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
受害者 受害者 shòu hài zhě casualty; victim; those injured and wounded ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
狗日 狗日 gǒu rì lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking ∼HSK 2
当回事 當回事 dàng huí shì to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously ∼HSK 2
上传 上傳 shàng chuán to upload ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
狗东西 狗東西 gǒu dōng xi scumbag; scoundrel ∼HSK 2
讲明 講明 jiǎng míng to explain ∼HSK 2
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy); the back part of sth ∼HSK 2
名头 名頭 míng tou reputation ∼HSK 2
油条 油條 yóu tiáo youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
套房 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
得看 得看 děi kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 2
难为 難為 nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
成年人 成年人 chéng nián rén adult person ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
那咱 那咱 nà zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
名儿 名兒 míng r name; fame ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
天啊 天啊 tiān a good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 2