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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受 受 shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
如何 如何 rú hé how; what way; what HSK 3
只有 只有 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
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 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
把 把 bǎ 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
下流 下流 xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
菲律宾 菲律賓 Fēi lǜ bīn the Philippines Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
埃及 埃及 Āi jí Egypt ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
微 微 Wēi small, prefix micro-, trifling ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
急事 急事 jí shì urgent matter ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
不只 不只 bù zhǐ not only; not merely ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
再发 再發 zài fā to reissue; (of a disease) to recur; (of a patient) to suffer a relapse ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
倒楣 倒楣 dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2