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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weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc HSK 7
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
fěn bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth HSK 7
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
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
gǎn rǎn to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
huǒ wildfire; (spreading like) wildfire; bush fire; farm fire (for clearing fields) ∼HSK 6
huì your patronage ∼HSK 6
shuǐ water storage ∼HSK 6
shá zi (dialect) what ∼HSK 6
niú variant of ∼HSK 6
sǎo to scan a QR code or barcode ∼HSK 6
jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
绿 shuǐ qīng shān 绿: green; chlorine · 水: water, liquid, lotion, juice · 青: blue, green, black; young · 山: mountain, hill, peak ∼HSK 6
qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
wén huà gōng cultural palace ∼HSK 6
chī chī foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze ∼HSK 6
yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6
bēng talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide ∼HSK 6
pào miàn instant noodles; (Tw) pirated software ∼HSK 6
guó yǒu state-owned enterprise ∼HSK 6
lín jiè critical; boundary ∼HSK 6
chāi qiǎn to send (on errand) ∼HSK 6
shāng scar ∼HSK 6
raindrop ∼HSK 6
hǎi gǎng seaport; harbor ∼HSK 6
(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
qián táo to abscond; to slink off ∼HSK 6
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
gāng jīn hùn níng reinforced concrete ∼HSK 6
dam ∼HSK 6
gāo fēng xiǎn high risk ∼HSK 6
shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
zhòng zhèng jiān shì intensive care unit (ICU) ∼HSK 6
tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc); to look inquiringly ∼HSK 6
xiǎn to flee from danger; to avoid danger; to minimize risk; (finance) hedge ∼HSK 6
shēng xīng lóng thriving and prosperous business or trade ∼HSK 6
suàn to calculate; accounting ∼HSK 6
cǎi yàng sampling ∼HSK 6
gǎn rǎn zhě infected person ∼HSK 6