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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河边 河邊 hé biān river bank ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
一周 一週 yī zhōu one week; all the way around; a whole cycle ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
弄脏 弄髒 nòng zāng to make dirty; to defile; to smear ∼HSK 2
几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand ∼HSK 2
有脸 有臉 yǒu liǎn lit. having face; to have prestige; to command respect; to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous); to have the gall; not ashamed to ∼HSK 2
带孩子 帶孩子 dài hái zi to look after a baby; to take care of a young child ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else) ∼HSK 2
不意 不意 bù yì unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home ∼HSK 2
外卖 外賣 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) HSK 2
动物园 動物園 dòng wù yuán zoo HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal; to cook HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
打工 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation HSK 2
脏 臟 zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2
座位 座位 zuò wèi seat HSK 2
超市 超市 chāo shì supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场) HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
熟 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
接下来 接下來 jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
碰 掽 pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
便宜 便宜 biàn yí convenient HSK 2
平时 平時 píng shí ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
感动 感動 gǎn dòng to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving HSK 2
作业 作業 zuò yè school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate HSK 2
公里 公里 gōng lǐ kilometer HSK 2
道理 道理 dào li reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
大人 大人 dà ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) HSK 2
舒服 舒服 shū fu comfortable; feeling well HSK 2
同事 同事 tóng shì colleague; co-worker HSK 2
练 練 liàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
出生 出生 chū shēng to be born HSK 2
合适 合適 hé shì suitable; fitting; appropriate HSK 2
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary HSK 2
随便 隨便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2
高中 高中 gāo zhōng senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 HSK 2