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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shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
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
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
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
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
bàn bu dào impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiàn bu rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán hàn zhàng fu (coll.) he-man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
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
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
bié le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
shí hou at that time HSK 2
chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
hǎi nautical mile ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2
ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
to fish ∼HSK 2
shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
kāi chuán to set sail ∼HSK 2
shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
xiǎo chuán boat ∼HSK 2
wǎng variant of ∼HSK 2
zhǐ I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
zhàng fu a manly man; a man of character ∼HSK 2
fēng shēng shuǐ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom); fig. flourishing; thriving; prosperous ∼HSK 2
zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2