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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Vocabulary

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shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
tooth; ivory HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
a household; door; family HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
chōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
lún wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
guǎn bu zháo to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
tiáo xīn to be of one mind; to think or act alike Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar ∼HSK 3
father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3