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%

Cast

Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Qiao Qiao Zhubin Li Guo Bin Pan Jianlin Lao Pan Zhou Lan Zhou You Zhou You Xiao Zhou Ren Ke Ren Ke Square Singer Mao Tao Mao Tao Square Singer Liang Jingdong Liang Jingdong Wei Wei Zhao

Vocabulary

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码 碼 mǎ weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
粉丝 粉絲 fěn sī bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
感染 感染 gǎn rǎn to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
野火 野火 yě huǒ wildfire; (spreading like) wildfire; bush fire; farm fire (for clearing fields) ∼HSK 6
惠顾 惠顧 huì gù your patronage ∼HSK 6
蓄水 蓄水 xù shuǐ water storage ∼HSK 6
啥子 啥子 shá zi (dialect) what ∼HSK 6
牛逼 牛逼 niú bī variant of ∼HSK 6
扫码 掃碼 sǎo mǎ to scan a QR code or barcode ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
绿水青山 綠水青山 lǜ shuǐ qīng shān green waters and verdant mountains (idiom); unspoiled natural environment ∼HSK 6
憔悴 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
文化宫 文化宮 wén huà gōng cultural palace ∼HSK 6
痴痴 痴痴 chī chī foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze ∼HSK 6
忧伤 憂傷 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6
崩塌 崩塌 bēng tā talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide ∼HSK 6
泡面 泡麵 pào miàn instant noodles; (Tw) pirated software ∼HSK 6
国有企业 國有企業 guó yǒu qǐ yè state-owned enterprise ∼HSK 6
临界 臨界 lín jiè critical; boundary ∼HSK 6
差遣 差遣 chāi qiǎn to send (on errand) ∼HSK 6
伤疤 傷疤 shāng bā scar ∼HSK 6
雨滴 雨滴 yǔ dī raindrop ∼HSK 6
海港 海港 hǎi gǎng seaport; harbor ∼HSK 6
兮兮 兮兮 xī xī (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) ∼HSK 6
潜逃 潛逃 qián táo to abscond; to slink off ∼HSK 6
加持 加持 jiā chí (Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings; (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing; to give one's blessing; to empower; (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc) ∼HSK 6
钢筋混凝土 鋼筋混凝土 gāng jīn hùn níng tǔ reinforced concrete ∼HSK 6
大坝 大壩 dà bà dam ∼HSK 6
高风险 高風險 gāo fēng xiǎn high risk ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
重症监护室 重症監護室 zhòng zhèng jiān hù shì intensive care unit (ICU) ∼HSK 6
探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc); to look inquiringly ∼HSK 6
避险 避險 bì xiǎn to flee from danger; to avoid danger; to minimize risk; (finance) hedge ∼HSK 6
生意兴隆 生意興隆 shēng yì xīng lóng thriving and prosperous business or trade ∼HSK 6
核算 核算 hé suàn to calculate; accounting ∼HSK 6
采样 採樣 cǎi yàng sampling ∼HSK 6
感染者 感染者 gǎn rǎn zhě infected person ∼HSK 6