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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xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4
belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
xīn xīn painstakingly; with great trouble ∼HSK 4
liǎng bèi twice as much; double the amount ∼HSK 4
shǔ hot ∼HSK 4
Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
bào píng (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
bǎo to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation ∼HSK 4
xiāng separated by (distance or time etc) ∼HSK 4
yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
Wēi dangerous, precarious; high ∼HSK 4
cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
bié chù elsewhere ∼HSK 4
hài to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
lèi yǎn tearful eyes ∼HSK 4
kàn bu to look down upon; to despise HSK 4
father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) HSK 4
yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
interest (on a loan) HSK 4
proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent HSK 4
jade HSK 4
zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
zuò mèng to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream HSK 4
zháo to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
xiǎo huǒ zi young man; young guy; lad; youngster HSK 4
qīng chūn youth; youthfulness HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
huǒ companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together HSK 4
chén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy HSK 4
shōu huò to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward HSK 4
shài variant of 晒 HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
jiàn to meet HSK 4
jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson HSK 4
yùn qi luck (good or bad) HSK 4
duì fu to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) HSK 4
to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
xià underground; subterranean; covert HSK 4
to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance HSK 4
hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4