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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破烂 破爛 pò làn worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
我操 我操 wǒ cào (substitute for) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 5
副主任 副主任 fù zhǔ rèn deputy director; assistant head ∼HSK 5
玲 玲 líng tinkling of jade ∼HSK 5
讹 訛 é swindle, cheat; erroneous, wrong ∼HSK 5
漏水 漏水 lòu shuǐ (of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak ∼HSK 5
凯 凱 Kǎi triumphant; triumph, victory ∼HSK 5
兔崽子 兔崽子 tù zǎi zi brat; bastard ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
笼 籠 lóng cage; cage-like basket ∼HSK 5
操你妈 操你媽 cào nǐ mā fuck your mother (vulgar) ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
嘲讽 嘲諷 cháo fěng to sneer at; to ridicule; to taunt ∼HSK 5
私了 私了 sī liǎo to settle privately; to solve behind closed doors; to settle out of court ∼HSK 5
副科 副科 fù kē (education) non-core subject ∼HSK 5
私立学校 私立學校 sī lì xué xiào private school ∼HSK 5
柜 櫃 guì cabinet, cupboard; shop counter ∼HSK 5
对岸 對岸 duì àn opposite bank (of a body of water) ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
撵 攆 niǎn drive away, expel, oust ∼HSK 5
侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son; nephew ∼HSK 5
灶 灶 zào kitchen stove, cooking stove ∼HSK 5
伟 偉 wěi great, robust; extraordinary ∼HSK 5
鹏 鵬 Péng fabulous bird of enormous size ∼HSK 5
液 液 yè sap, juice, liquid, fluid ∼HSK 5
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) ∼HSK 5
撞死 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) ∼HSK 5
冒着 冒著 mào zhe to brave; to face dangers ∼HSK 5
在旁 在旁 zài páng alongside; nearby ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
私底下 私底下 sī dǐ xia privately; secretly; confidentially ∼HSK 5
怂 慫 sóng instigate, arouse, incite ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
坨 坨 tuó a lump, heap ∼HSK 5
正版 正版 zhèng bǎn genuine; legal; see also 盗版 HSK 5
压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve HSK 5
叉子 叉子 chā zi fork HSK 5
羽毛球 羽毛球 yǔ máo qiú shuttlecock; badminton HSK 5
快活 快活 kuài huo happy; cheerful HSK 5
跟前 跟前 gēn qián the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) HSK 5
柜子 櫃子 guì zi cupboard; cabinet HSK 5
皮鞋 皮鞋 pí xié leather shoes HSK 5
大象 大象 dà xiàng elephant HSK 5
煤气 煤氣 méi qì coal gas; gas (fuel) HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5