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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| 编制 編制 | to establish (a unit or department); staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff) | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 宠物 寵物 | house pet | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 录像 錄像 | to videotape; to videorecord; video recording | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 大街 大街 | street; main street | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 扎 扎 | (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zhá] | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 定位 定位 | to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 毁 毀 | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 要么 要麼 | or; either one or the other | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 踢 踢 | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 疾病 疾病 | disease; sickness; ailment | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 啥 啥 | dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 于 于 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 滚蛋 滾蛋 | get out of here!; beat it! | Xiehouyu |
| 多管闲事 多管閒事 | meddling in other people's business | Xiehouyu |
| 泼妇 潑婦 | shrew; vixen | Xiehouyu |
| 乱糟糟 亂糟糟 | chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess | Xiehouyu |
| 一团糟 一團糟 | chaos; bungle; complete mess; shambles | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 一路 一路 | the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind | Xiehouyu |
| 显摆 顯擺 | (coll.) to show off | Colloquialism |