Call of the Sea

Call of the Sea 1965

怒海情仇 nù hǎi qíng qiú

The son of the town bully lusts after a local beauty in this action-filled thriller of the passions and violence to be found in a fishing village.

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Vocabulary

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抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
尽管 儘管 jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
一言为定 一言為定 yī yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
无心 無心 wú xīn unintentionally; not in the mood to Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
王八 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
无法无天 無法無天 wú fǎ - wú tiān (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
白虎 白虎 Bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音菩萨 觀音菩薩 Guān yīn Pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蒋 蔣 Jiǎng surname; hydropyrum latifalium ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
浅水 淺水 qiǎn shuǐ shallow water ∼HSK 4
花色 花色 huā sè variety; design and color; suit (cards) ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
守寡 守寡 shǒu guǎ to live as widow; to observe widowhood ∼HSK 4
饿肚子 餓肚子 è dù zi to go hungry; to starve ∼HSK 4
邓 鄧 Dèng surname ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
警 警 jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
幸喜 幸喜 xìng xǐ fortunately ∼HSK 4
无恙 無恙 wú yàng in good health ∼HSK 4
点货 點貨 diǎn huò to do an inventory count ∼HSK 4
针线 針線 zhēn xiàn needle and thread; needlework ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
贺 賀 Hè congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
禁 禁 jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
西沉 西沉 xī chén (of the sun) to set ∼HSK 4
回程 回程 huí chéng return trip ∼HSK 4
还乡 還鄉 huán xiāng (literary) to return to one's native place ∼HSK 4
疑 疑 yí doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4