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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不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
往前 往前 wǎng qián (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
酒家 酒家 jiǔ jiā restaurant; bartender; (old) wineshop; tavern ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
万事 萬事 wàn shì all things ∼HSK 2
弄坏 弄壞 nòng huài to ruin; to spoil; to break ∼HSK 2
没有关系 沒有關係 méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
飞机场 飛機場 fēi jī chǎng airport; (slang) flat chest ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight ∼HSK 2
碰面 碰面 pèng miàn to meet; to run into (sb); to get together (with sb) ∼HSK 2
发给 發給 fā gěi to issue; to grant; to distribute ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
头箍 頭箍 tóu gū headband ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
筷子 筷子 kuài zi chopsticks HSK 2
常用 常用 cháng yòng in common usage HSK 2
年级 年級 nián jí grade; year (in school, college etc) HSK 2
海边 海邊 hǎi biān coast; seaside; seashore; beach HSK 2
英文 英文 Yīng wén English (language) HSK 2
分数 分數 fēn shù (exam) grade; mark; score; fraction HSK 2
公斤 公斤 gōng jīn kilogram (kg) HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
黄色 黃色 huáng sè yellow (color); pornographic HSK 2
半夜 半夜 bàn yè midnight; in the middle of the night HSK 2
不但 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock HSK 2
青年 青年 qīng nián youth; youthful years; young person; the young HSK 2
冬天 冬天 dōng tiān winter HSK 2
小时候 小時候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
夏天 夏天 xià tiān summer HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
流行 流行 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
安静 安靜 ān jìng quiet; peaceful; calm HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
绿色 綠色 lǜ sè green HSK 2
黑色 黑色 hēi sè black HSK 2
体育 體育 tǐ yù sports; physical education HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
红色 紅色 hóng sè red (color); revolutionary HSK 2
随便 隨便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2
爬 爬 pá to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up HSK 2
方便 方便 fāng biàn convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself HSK 2