Call of the Sea

Call of the Sea 1965

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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4.3 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
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
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
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
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
xīn unintentionally; not in the mood to Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
- tiān (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
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
Bái White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guān yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jiǎng surname; hydropyrum latifalium ∼HSK 4
shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
qiǎn shuǐ shallow water ∼HSK 4
huā variety; design and color; suit (cards) ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
shǒu guǎ to live as widow; to observe widowhood ∼HSK 4
饿 è zi to go hungry; to starve ∼HSK 4
Dèng surname ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
xìng fortunately ∼HSK 4
yàng in good health ∼HSK 4
diǎn huò to do an inventory count ∼HSK 4
线 zhēn xiàn needle and thread; needlework ∼HSK 4
bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
slave, servant ∼HSK 4
西 西 chén (of the sun) to set ∼HSK 4
huí chéng return trip ∼HSK 4
huán xiāng (literary) to return to one's native place ∼HSK 4
doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4