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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搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) Colloquialism HSK 4
潮 潮 cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
奉节 奉節 Fèng jié Fengjie, a county in Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三峡 三峽 Sān xiá Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
卡塔尔 卡塔爾 Kǎ tǎ ěr Qatar Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大同市 大同市 Dà tóng Shì Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三峡大坝 三峽大壩 Sān xiá Dà bà Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大同 大同 Dà tóng Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province; Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County, Taiwan; Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Datong District of Daqing City, Heilongjiang; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
抖音 抖音 Dǒu yīn Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
濠江 濠江 Háo jiāng Haojiang District of Shantou city, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华北 華北 Huá běi North China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
妇女节 婦女節 Fù nǚ jié International Women's Day (March 8) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
世贸组织 世貿組織 Shì mào Zǔ zhī WTO (World Trade Organization) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滚滚 滾滾 Gǔn gǔn nickname for a panda Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
塞北 塞北 Sài běi (old) territories north of the Great Wall Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
重庆市 重慶市 Chóng qìng Shì Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
攀枝花 攀枝花 Pān zhī huā Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神舟 神舟 Shén zhōu Shenzhou (spacecraft); Hasee (computer manufacturer) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兰州 蘭州 Lán zhōu Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
夏威夷 夏威夷 Xià wēi yí Hawaii, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县长 縣長 xiàn zhǎng county's head commissioner Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宜昌 宜昌 Yí chāng Yichang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长江三峡 長江三峽 Cháng Jiāng Sān xiá Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
珠海 珠海 Zhū hǎi Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
珠海市 珠海市 Zhū hǎi Shì Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华南 華南 Huá nán Southern China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大湾区 大灣區 Dà wān Qū Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
珠江三角洲 珠江三角洲 Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōu Pearl River Delta (PRD) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙特阿拉伯 沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó Saudi Arabia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
郭 郭 Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
经纪人 經紀人 jīng jì rén broker; middleman; agent; manager ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
自大 自大 zì dà arrogant ∼HSK 4
看透 看透 kàn tòu to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb) ∼HSK 4
聚散 聚散 jù sàn coming together and separating; aggregation and dissipation ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
心底 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 4
申 申 Shēn to state to a superior, report; extend; 9th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
专科学校 專科學校 zhuān kē xué xiào specialized school; college for professional training; polytechnic ∼HSK 4
加倍 加倍 jiā bèi to double; to redouble ∼HSK 4