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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其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
受 受 shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
办不到 辦不到 bàn bu dào impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
男子汉大丈夫 男子漢大丈夫 nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu (coll.) he-man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
东海 東海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
别提了 別提了 bié tí le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
出海 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
海里 海里 hǎi lǐ nautical mile ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
海上 海上 hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
打鱼 打魚 dǎ yú to fish ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
开船 開船 kāi chuán to set sail ∼HSK 2
上船 上船 shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
小船 小船 xiǎo chuán boat ∼HSK 2
鱼网 魚網 yú wǎng variant of ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
倒楣 倒楣 dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
大丈夫 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man; a man of character ∼HSK 2
风生水起 風生水起 fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom); fig. flourishing; thriving; prosperous ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
没有关系 沒有關係 méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2