Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides 2025

风流一代 fēngliú yīdài

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.

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3.85 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 99%

Cast

Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Qiao Qiao Zhubin Li Guo Bin Pan Jianlin Lao Pan Zhou Lan Zhou You Zhou You Xiao Zhou Ren Ke Ren Ke Square Singer Mao Tao Mao Tao Square Singer Liang Jingdong Liang Jingdong Wei Wei Zhao

Vocabulary

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匆匆 匆匆 cōng cōng hurriedly HSK 7
奇特 奇特 qí tè peculiar; unusual; queer HSK 7
来访 來訪 lái fǎng to pay a visit HSK 7
人手 人手 rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc); domestic HSK 7
黎明 黎明 lí míng dawn; daybreak HSK 7
较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble HSK 7
侧面 側面 cè miàn lateral side; side; aspect; profile HSK 7
风情 風情 fēng qíng mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc HSK 7
天地 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
疲惫 疲憊 pí bèi beaten; exhausted; tired HSK 7
奴隶 奴隸 nú lì slave HSK 7
介意 介意 jiè yì to care about; to take offense; to mind HSK 7
来回 來回 lái huí to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly HSK 7
害羞 害羞 hài xiū shy; embarrassed; bashful HSK 7
沮丧 沮喪 jǔ sàng dispirited; dejected; dismayed HSK 7
哄 哄 hōng roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) HSK 7
雇 僱 gù to employ; to hire; to rent HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
每当 每當 měi dāng whenever; every time HSK 7
生死 生死 shēng sǐ life or death HSK 7
但愿 但願 dàn yuàn if only (sth were possible); I wish (that) HSK 7
标记 標記 biāo jì sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token HSK 7
开启 開啟 kāi qǐ to open; to start; (computing) to enable HSK 7
凤凰 鳳凰 Fèng huáng Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 HSK 7
顶级 頂級 dǐng jí top-notch; first-rate HSK 7
再度 再度 zài dù once more; once again; one more time HSK 7
隔离 隔離 gé lí to separate; to isolate HSK 7
正面 正面 zhèng miàn front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open HSK 7
难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) HSK 7
大厦 大廈 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) HSK 7
擅长 擅長 shàn cháng to be good at; to be expert in HSK 7
捏 捏 niē to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) HSK 7
粒 粒 lì grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) HSK 7
熬 熬 āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
秩序 秩序 zhì xù order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
涂 塗 tú to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street HSK 7
粘 粘 zhān to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
夜晚 夜晚 yè wǎn night HSK 7
房地产 房地產 fáng dì chǎn real estate HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
婴儿 嬰兒 yīng ér infant; baby; lead (Pb) HSK 7
穿着 穿著 chuān zhuó attire; clothes; dress HSK 7