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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| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 成绩 成績 | achievement; performance records; grades | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 态度 態度 | manner; bearing; attitude; approach | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 蛋 蛋 | egg; oval-shaped thing | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 普通 普通 | common; ordinary; general; average | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 鞋 鞋 | shoe | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 关心 關心 | to be concerned about; to care about | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 办公室 辦公室 | office; business premises; bureau | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 照片 照片 | photograph; picture |