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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how; which HSK 1
nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
shǎo few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom HSK 1
cuò mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver HSK 1
ma mama; mommy; mother HSK 1
duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat HSK 1
xué to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology HSK 1
xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you HSK 1
wǎn shang evening; night; in the evening HSK 1
huí lai to return; to come back HSK 1
míng tiān tomorrow HSK 1
shuì to sleep; to lie down HSK 1
men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals HSK 1
zuò to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座 HSK 1
to shout HSK 1
zhèng zài just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) HSK 1
wán to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment HSK 1
nán rén a man; a male; men HSK 1
road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind HSK 1
bāng to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society HSK 1
abbr. for 本, Japan HSK 1
yǒu xiē some; somewhat HSK 1
xiǎo shí hour HSK 1
rén woman HSK 1
xiào to laugh; to smile; to laugh at HSK 1
sòng to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with HSK 1
female; woman; daughter HSK 1
nín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) HSK 1
guó jiā country; nation; state HSK 1
jìn to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound HSK 1
zhǔn bèi preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) HSK 1
xiē those HSK 1
xiān early; prior; former; in advance; first HSK 1
gāo high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) HSK 1
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) HSK 1
péng you friend HSK 1
zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) HSK 1
hào ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people HSK 1
háng row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column HSK 1
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough HSK 1
suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) HSK 1
zuì hòu final; last; finally; ultimate HSK 1
fāng region; regional (away from the central administration); local HSK 1
chū lái to come out; to appear; to arise HSK 1
mǎi to buy; to purchase HSK 1
yàng same; like; equal to; the same as; just like HSK 1
sān three; 3 HSK 1
西 西 dōng east and west HSK 1
huí to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) HSK 1
běn root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc HSK 1