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%

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Vocabulary

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对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小妹妹 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
好不好 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
最好是 最好是 zuì hǎo shì (as a complete expression, or followed by) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一哥 一哥 yī gē (coll.) top-ranked male; leading male; top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
山西 山西 Shān xī Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广东 廣東 Guǎng dōng Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广州 廣州 Guǎng zhōu Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
澳门 澳門 Ào mén Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十一 十一 Shí Yī PRC National Day (October 1st) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
有一些 有一些 yǒu yī xiē somewhat; rather; some HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge 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
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 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
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī 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
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
老年人 老年人 lǎo nián rén old people; the elderly ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
外地人 外地人 wài dì rén stranger; outsider ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
好走 好走 hǎo zǒu bon voyage; Godspeed ∼HSK 1
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
说中 說中 shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly ∼HSK 1
梆子 梆子 bāng zi watchman's clapper; wooden clappers with bars of unequal length; abbr. for ∼HSK 1
想来 想來 xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
女工 女工 nǚ gōng working woman; variant of ∼HSK 1
大风 大風 dà fēng gale ∼HSK 1
过客 過客 guò kè passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner ∼HSK 1
茶水 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves ∼HSK 1
天涯 天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world; a faraway place ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
欢笑 歡笑 huān xiào to laugh happily; a belly-laugh ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1