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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不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
分校 分校 fēn xiào branch of a school ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
分钱 分錢 fēn qián cent; penny ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
本字 本字 běn zì original form of a Chinese character ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
上好 上好 shàng hǎo first-rate; top-notch ∼HSK 1
对家 對家 duì jiā partner (in four person game); family of proposed marriage partner ∼HSK 1
听起来 聽起來 tīng qi lai to sound like ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
三次 三次 sān cì third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
课间 課間 kè jiān interval between lessons ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
家什 傢什 jiā shi utensils; furniture ∼HSK 1
机 機 Jī desk; machine; moment ∼HSK 1
人五人六 人五人六 rén wǔ - rén liù (idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior ∼HSK 1
有电 有電 yǒu diàn electric (apparatus); electrified; having electricity supply (of a house) ∼HSK 1
出了事 出了事 chū le shì sth bad happened ∼HSK 1
讹人 訛人 é rén to blackmail; to extort ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
找着 找著 zhǎo zháo to find ∼HSK 1
找事 找事 zhǎo shì to look for employment; to pick a quarrel ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
小病 小病 xiǎo bìng minor illness; indisposition ∼HSK 1
老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool; old bastard ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
瘪三 癟三 biē sān (Wu dialect) bum; wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
几点 幾點 jǐ diǎn what time?; when? ∼HSK 1
爸妈 爸媽 bà mā dad and mom ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1