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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zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
tiān weather HSK 1
xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
yǒu shí sometimes; now and then HSK 1
jiā rén family member; (old) servant HSK 1
bàn half HSK 1
guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
jiě jie older sister HSK 1
shēng birthday HSK 1
shù tree; to cultivate; to set up HSK 1
seven; 7 HSK 1
chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
eight; 8 HSK 1
máo hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) HSK 1
bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
lěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated HSK 1
fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
elder brother HSK 1
fēi airplane HSK 1
jiā home HSK 1
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
huí dào to return to HSK 1
piào ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions HSK 1
shì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test HSK 1
to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent HSK 1
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
shǒu cell phone; mobile phone HSK 1
jīn nián this year HSK 1
shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
chàng to sing; to call loudly; to chant HSK 1
liù six; 6 HSK 1
fēi to fly HSK 1
lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
Zhōng guó China HSK 1
song; to sing HSK 1
de to remember HSK 1
èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
yuǎn far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) HSK 1
zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
yuàn hospital HSK 1
nán male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 HSK 1
xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
five; 5 HSK 1
zuó tiān yesterday HSK 1
páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground) HSK 1