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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厦门 廈門 Xià mén Xiamen, sub-provincial city in Fujian Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马克 馬克 Mǎ kè Mark (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期四 星期四 Xīng qī sì Thursday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
北京时间 北京時間 Běi jīng Shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
疫情 疫情 yì qíng epidemic situation ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
线下 線下 xiàn xià offline; below the line ∼HSK 3
派对 派對 pài duì (loanword) party ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
春风 春風 chūn fēng spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
更深 更深 gēng shēn deep at night ∼HSK 3
双双 雙雙 shuāng shuāng both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously) ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
终 終 zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
西南部 西南部 xī nán bù southwest part ∼HSK 3
程 程 Chéng journey, trip; schedule, agenda ∼HSK 3
相会 相會 xiāng huì to meet together ∼HSK 3
新一代 新一代 xīn yī dài new generation ∼HSK 3
新居 新居 xīn jū new residence; new home ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
出乎 出乎 chū hū due to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc); to go against (expectations) ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
乱花 亂花 luàn huā to spend recklessly; to waste money ∼HSK 3
派出所 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
面相 面相 miàn xiàng facial features; appearence; physiognomy ∼HSK 3
大富大贵 大富大貴 dà fù dà guì very rich; millionaire ∼HSK 3
全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war); the whole length (of a road or railway line) ∼HSK 3
工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member ∼HSK 3
阿拉伯 阿拉伯 Ā lā bó Arabian; Arabic; Arab ∼HSK 3
艾 艾 Ài artemisia, mugwort; translit. ∼HSK 3
线上 線上 xiàn shàng online ∼HSK 3
开拍 開拍 kāi pāi to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc); to start the bidding (auction); to start a trading session (stock market) ∼HSK 3
莱 萊 lái goosefoot, weed; fallow field ∼HSK 3
肉类 肉類 ròu lèi meat ∼HSK 3
修女 修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches) ∼HSK 3
花香 花香 huā xiāng fragrance of flowers ∼HSK 3
阿根廷 阿根廷 Ā gēn tíng Argentina ∼HSK 3
代表团 代表團 dài biǎo tuán delegation HSK 3
年底 年底 nián dǐ the end of the year; year-end HSK 3
变为 變為 biàn wéi to change into HSK 3
世界杯 世界杯 Shì jiè bēi World Cup HSK 3
开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business; to open a practice; open (for business) HSK 3
卫生间 衛生間 wèi shēng jiān bathroom; toilet; WC HSK 3
跑步 跑步 pǎo bù to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double HSK 3
近期 近期 jìn qī near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent HSK 3