Coming Home

Coming Home 2014

guīlái

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.

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3.49 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 89%

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zǒng shì always HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
qián at the present time; currently HSK 3
bǎo zhèng guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge HSK 3
zhù to take note of; to pay attention to HSK 3
zhī chí to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by HSK 3
調 diào chá investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll HSK 3
zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
biǎo xiàn to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior HSK 3
xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
gǎi háng to change profession Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
yǒu néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
shì li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) ∼HSK 2
cái by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
shén me fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
kàn shēng to visit a doctor ∼HSK 2
yóu tiáo youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person ∼HSK 2
dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
shì urgent matter ∼HSK 2