Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides 2025

fēngliú dài

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%

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Vocabulary

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xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
qián at the present time; currently HSK 3
chéng shì city; town HSK 3
zhī chí to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by HSK 3
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3
shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
rèn any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever 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
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi 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
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
shì jiè world HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial 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
fēng - jiāo jiā (idiom) wild and stormy; windy and wet Idiom ∼HSK 2
shùn fēng to have a pleasant journey (idiom) Idiom HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
Chóng qìng Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Fén jiǔ Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
gāo (HK) (name) Michael Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
běi Shěng Hubei Province, capital Wuhan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
hàn Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
lán Poland Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西 西 Mexico Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
shuǐ wèi water level ∼HSK 2
shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
qiān a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
yǎn zhōng in (sb's) eyes ∼HSK 2
滿 zhuāng mǎn to fill up ∼HSK 2
jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
bái tóu hoary head; old age ∼HSK 2
yún céng the clouds; cloud layer; cloud bank ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2