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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duì duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
xiǎo mèi mei little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zuì hǎo shì (as a complete expression, or followed by) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
(coll.) top-ranked male; leading male; top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
西 西 Shān Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广 Guǎng dōng Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广 Guǎng zhōu Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Ào mén Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Shí PRC National Day (October 1st) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
yǒu xiē somewhat; rather; some HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
lǎo nián rén old people; the elderly ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
wài rén stranger; outsider ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
hǎo zǒu bon voyage; Godspeed ∼HSK 1
xià ge the next one ∼HSK 1
jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly ∼HSK 1
bāng zi watchman's clapper; wooden clappers with bars of unequal length; abbr. for ∼HSK 1
xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
gōng working woman; variant of ∼HSK 1
fēng gale ∼HSK 1
guò passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner ∼HSK 1
chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves ∼HSK 1
tiān the other end of the world; a faraway place ∼HSK 1
shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
huān xiào to laugh happily; a belly-laugh ∼HSK 1