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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shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
jīn r ge (coll.) today Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
jīn r (coll.) today Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
míng r (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
Shuǐ Shuili Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Lǎo Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
xīng a star, planet; any point of light ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
hǎo several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
gōng qián salary; wages ∼HSK 1
xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
hàn zi man; fellow; (dialect) husband ∼HSK 1
shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
máo to weigh anchor ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
jiā (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1