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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烤 烤 kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
跟踪 跟蹤 gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom); fig. you'll have to take the consequences Idiom ∼HSK 6
冷嘲热讽 冷嘲熱諷 lěng cháo rè fěng frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule Idiom ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
球杆 球杆 qiú gān club (golf); cue (billiards); also written ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
敬老院 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home; old folks' home ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
搞砸 搞砸 gǎo zá to mess (sth) up; to foul up; to spoil ∼HSK 6
招惹 招惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb) ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
砸死 砸死 zá sǐ to crush to death ∼HSK 6
中产 中產 zhōng chǎn middle class; bourgeois ∼HSK 6
撒尿 撒尿 sā niào to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee ∼HSK 6
嚷嚷 嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6
傻逼 傻逼 shǎ bī variant of ∼HSK 6
秃子 禿子 tū zi bald-headed person; baldy ∼HSK 6
臭烘烘 臭烘烘 chòu hōng hōng stinking ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
缝纫机 縫紉機 féng rèn jī sewing machine ∼HSK 6
车胎 車胎 chē tāi tire ∼HSK 6
拖地 拖地 tuō dì to mop the floor; (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground; full-length ∼HSK 6
荒原 荒原 huāng yuán wasteland ∼HSK 6
矿区 礦區 kuàng qū mining site; mining area ∼HSK 6
擀面杖 擀麵杖 gǎn miàn zhàng rolling pin ∼HSK 6
床垫 床墊 chuáng diàn mattress ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
粉底 粉底 fěn dǐ foundation (cosmetics) ∼HSK 6
砖头 磚頭 zhuān tou brick ∼HSK 6
糊弄 糊弄 hù nong to fool; to deceive; to go through the motions ∼HSK 6
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
撒手 撒手 sā shǒu to let go of sth; to give up ∼HSK 6
人渣 人渣 rén zhā dregs of society; scum ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
德性 德性 dé xìng moral integrity ∼HSK 6
残废 殘廢 cán fèi deformity; handicapped ∼HSK 6
国歌 國歌 guó gē national anthem HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
长假 長假 cháng jià long vacation HSK 6
网吧 網吧 wǎng bā Internet café HSK 6