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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nán seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
chuǎng to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) HSK 5
to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
tiān cái talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted HSK 5
wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
nuǎn warm; to warm HSK 5
quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
bēi shāng sad; sorrowful HSK 5
le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
sōu to search HSK 5
dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
rào to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex HSK 5
tiger HSK 5
qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
páng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
huò shì or; either one or the other HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
zuì intoxicated HSK 5
làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
mào to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
zhī wài outside; excluding HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
sǔn shī loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5