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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zhǎng to applaud; to clap HSK 5
tái tóu to raise one's head; to gain ground; account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc HSK 5
suì yuè years; time HSK 5
chéng zuò to ride (in a vehicle) HSK 5
rén jiān the human world; the earth HSK 5
shēn chù abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part HSK 5
yóu to hesitate HSK 5
hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5
wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
tóu dock; pier; wharf HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least HSK 5
tīng hall; lounge HSK 5
shān to fan; to slap sb on the face HSK 5
wèn adviser; consultant HSK 5
bēi shāng sad; sorrowful HSK 5
xiǎn to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- HSK 5
zhù to congratulate; congratulations HSK 5
yǐn liào drink; beverage HSK 5
zāo gāo too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad HSK 5
dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
cān tīng dining hall; dining room; restaurant HSK 5
zhǎng bureau chief HSK 5
insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not HSK 5
pǐn (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) HSK 5
duī to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount HSK 5
wéi illegal; to break the law HSK 5
dào lái to arrive; arrival; advent HSK 5
warehouse; storehouse; (file) library HSK 5
dài kuǎn a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) HSK 5
shì mode; method; pattern HSK 5
song HSK 5
jìng after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis HSK 5
rén private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique HSK 5
zuì intoxicated HSK 5
gāo height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly HSK 5
qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
shì pín video HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
zhōu Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲) HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
zài one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
like this; so; such HSK 5