Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile 1987

尼罗河女儿 ní luó hé nǚ'ér

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.

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3.61 Beginner Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 100%

Cast

Yang Lin Lin Hsiao-Yang Jack Kao Jack Kao Lin Hsiao-Fang Li Tian-Lu Li Tian-Lu Grandfather Tsui Fu-Sheng Tsui Fu-Sheng Hsiao-Yang's Father Hsin Shu-Fen Hsin Shu-Fen Hsiao-Fen Grace Chen Grace Chen Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen Tutor Lin Ju Lin Ju Yu An-shun Yu An-shun Hsiao-Yang's Classmate Sit Chi-Jing

Vocabulary

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油头粉面 油頭粉面 yóu tóu fěn miàn sleek-haired and powder-faced (idiom); flashily dressed and overly groomed; a frivolous dandy Idiom ∼HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
假使 假使 jiǎ shǐ if; in case; suppose; given ... HSK 7
巴结 巴結 bā jie to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
出任 出任 chū rèn to take up a post; to start in a new job HSK 7
淡水 淡水 Dàn shuǐ Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 市, Taiwan HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
管教 管教 guǎn jiào to discipline; to teach; to guarantee HSK 7
存折 存摺 cún zhé passbook; bankbook HSK 7
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
灌输 灌輸 guàn shū to imbue with; to inculcate; to instill into; to teach; to impart; to channel water to another place HSK 7
退学 退學 tuì xué to quit school HSK 7
管子 管子 Guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school HSK 7
向来 向來 xiàng lái always (previously) HSK 7
分红 分紅 fēn hóng dividend; to award a bonus HSK 7
专程 專程 zhuān chéng specifically; specially (for that purpose) HSK 7
合伙 合伙 hé huǒ to act jointly; to form a partnership HSK 7
忍心 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task HSK 7
来宾 來賓 Lái bīn Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi HSK 7
立体 立體 lì tǐ three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic HSK 7
讨好 討好 tǎo hǎo to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor HSK 7
棒球 棒球 bàng qiú baseball HSK 7
匆匆 匆匆 cōng cōng hurriedly HSK 7
发脾气 發脾氣 fā pí qì to get angry HSK 7
框 框 kuàng frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework; template; to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth); to frame; to restrict; Taiwan pr. [kuāng] HSK 7
忍耐 忍耐 rěn nài to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance HSK 7
无能为力 無能為力 wú néng wéi lì impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless HSK 7
位子 位子 wèi zi place; seat HSK 7
救护车 救護車 jiù hù chē ambulance HSK 7
瞪 瞪 dèng to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at HSK 7
预言 預言 yù yán to predict; prophecy HSK 7
何况 何況 hé kuàng let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more HSK 7
香烟 香煙 xiāng yān cigarette; smoke from burning incense HSK 7
炖 燉 dùn to stew HSK 7
丸 丸 wán ball; pellet; pill HSK 7
棉花 棉花 mián hua cotton HSK 7
遥远 遙遠 yáo yuǎn distant; remote HSK 7
笨蛋 笨蛋 bèn dàn fool; idiot HSK 7
钩 鉤 gōu to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch HSK 7
沾 沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
癌症 癌症 ái zhèng cancer HSK 7
假设 假設 jiǎ shè to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; hypothesis; conjecture HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
缝 縫 féng to sew; to stitch HSK 7
陌生 陌生 mò shēng strange; unfamiliar HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7