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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优点 優點 yōu diǎn merit; benefit; strong point; advantage HSK 3
裙子 裙子 qún zi skirt HSK 3
从前 從前 cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3
早已 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
场所 場所 chǎng suǒ location; place HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
家乡 家鄉 jiā xiāng hometown; native place HSK 3
身份证 身份證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card; ID HSK 3
电视台 電視臺 diàn shì tái television station HSK 3
保存 保存 bǎo cún to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing) HSK 3
退休 退休 tuì xiū to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement HSK 3
从事 從事 cóng shì to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do HSK 3
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
人群 人群 rén qún crowd HSK 3
飞行 飛行 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation HSK 3
上升 上升 shàng shēng to rise; to go up; to ascend HSK 3
温暖 溫暖 wēn nuǎn warm HSK 3
啤酒 啤酒 pí jiǔ beer (loanword) HSK 3
体验 體驗 tǐ yàn to experience for oneself HSK 3
伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt HSK 3
前往 前往 qián wǎng to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to HSK 3
判断 判斷 pàn duàn to judge; to determine; judgment HSK 3
主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) HSK 3
配合 配合 pèi hé matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine HSK 3
厂 厂 hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc HSK 3
搬 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
汤 湯 shāng rushing current HSK 3
食品 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff; food; provisions HSK 3
商业 商業 shāng yè business; trade; commerce HSK 3
存 存 cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
进一步 進一步 jìn yī bù to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further HSK 3
取消 取消 qǔ xiāo to cancel; cancellation HSK 3
全球 全球 quán qiú entire; total; global; the (whole) world; worldwide HSK 3
修 修 xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
重大 重大 zhòng dà great; important; major; significant HSK 3
千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
慢慢 慢慢 màn màn slowly HSK 3
演员 演員 yǎn yuán actor or actress; performer HSK 3
文化 文化 wén huà culture; civilization; cultural HSK 3
世纪 世紀 shì jì century HSK 3
超级 超級 chāo jí super-; ultra-; hyper- HSK 3
演出 演出 yǎn chū to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show HSK 3
害怕 害怕 hài pà to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
消失 消失 xiāo shī to disappear; to fade away HSK 3
各种 各種 gè zhǒng every kind of; all kinds of; various HSK 3
武器 武器 wǔ qì weapon; arms HSK 3
领导 領導 lǐng dǎo lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader HSK 3
充满 充滿 chōng mǎn full of; brimming with; very full; permeated HSK 3
有效 有效 yǒu xiào effective; in effect; valid HSK 3
外面 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3