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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Vocabulary

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theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe HSK 6
suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
yīng xióng hero HSK 6
mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
㨿 used in 据 HSK 6
shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
zài no more; no longer HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
as; as if; such as HSK 6
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
and; to give; together with HSK 6
hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
bīn cultivated, well-bred ∼HSK 5
Pān surname; water in which rice has been rinsed; a river that flows into the Han ∼HSK 5
xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
niǎor bird ∼HSK 5
bào to announce; to read (the news) ∼HSK 5
chàng to perform in opera ∼HSK 5
Jìn advance, increase; promote ∼HSK 5
fáng kòng to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease) ∼HSK 5
sòng laud, acclaim; hymn; ode ∼HSK 5
resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5
tiě liàn iron chain ∼HSK 5
Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
yōu yōu lasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space; unhurried; a great number (of events); preposterous; pensive ∼HSK 5
hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs ∼HSK 5
eat seeds; reproach; loquacious ∼HSK 5
zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
xià bèi zi the next life ∼HSK 5
xié be united; cooperate ∼HSK 5
na modal particle ∼HSK 5
wěi back part; rear section; tail section ∼HSK 5
duǎn shì pín short video; video clip ∼HSK 5
shū guǒ vegetables and fruits ∼HSK 5
lěi buds, unopened flowers ∼HSK 5
yōng embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd ∼HSK 5
no match for; cannot beat ∼HSK 5
shàn zi fan HSK 5
shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice HSK 5
gǎn xiǎng impressions; reflections; thoughts HSK 5
kāi shì opening ceremony HSK 5
qiáng wall HSK 5
líng shēng ring; ringtone; bell stroke; tintinnabulation HSK 5
zǒng completely; totally; total; entire; overall; population (statistics) HSK 5
yuàn to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge HSK 5