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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Ào yùn Olympic Games; the Olympics ∼HSK 2
tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
jiā qián to pay extra; to pay more ∼HSK 2
cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
tuǐ thigh ∼HSK 2
desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
fēi chǎng airport; (slang) flat chest ∼HSK 2
nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
kāi chuán to set sail ∼HSK 2
Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
qiān several thousand ∼HSK 2
quán wǎng the entire Internet ∼HSK 2
biàn xiàn to realize (an asset); to liquidate; to sell for cash; to monetize ∼HSK 2
liú xíng major epidemic; pandemic ∼HSK 2
lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
céng layer ∼HSK 2
fáng to rent an apartment ∼HSK 2
tào fáng small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom ∼HSK 2
huì r at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r] HSK 2
tōng huà Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech HSK 2
chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
西 西 nán southwest HSK 2
xià xuě to snow HSK 2
zhào passport HSK 2
qiū tiān autumn HSK 2
li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
Dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria HSK 2
traveler; tourist HSK 2
fēi (of an aircraft) to take off HSK 2
běi fāng north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River HSK 2
qiú chǎng stadium; sports ground; court; pitch; field; golf course HSK 2
chāo shì supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场) HSK 2
chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
fen portion; part of; subset HSK 2
děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
yīn overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia HSK 2
dōng tiān winter HSK 2
亿 100 million HSK 2
nán fāng south; the southern part of the country; the South HSK 2
jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
xià tiān summer HSK 2
广 guǎng chǎng public square; plaza HSK 2
hǎo si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
píng shí ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime HSK 2
rén visitor; guest; customer; client HSK 2
gōng kilometer HSK 2
xíng to travel; journey; trip HSK 2