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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有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
前一天 前一天 qián yī tiān the day before (an event) ∼HSK 1
三八 三八 sān bā International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid ∼HSK 1
白吃白喝 白吃白喝 bái chī bái hē to freeload ∼HSK 1
班上 班上 bān shàng (in the) class ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
我人 我人 wǒ rén we ∼HSK 1
外人 外人 wài rén outsider; foreigner; stranger ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
小白 小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice; greenhorn; (old) (slang) fool; idiot; abbr. for, pretty boy ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
家门 家門 jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
过多 過多 guò duō too many; excessive ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
到时 到時 dào shí at that (future) time ∼HSK 1
您好 您好 nín hǎo hello (polite) ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
没有事 沒有事 méi yǒu shì not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening ∼HSK 1
上第 上第 shàng dì top notch; highest quality ∼HSK 1
到现在 到現在 dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
机 機 Jī desk; machine; moment ∼HSK 1
不太好 不太好 bù tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
慢慢吃 慢慢吃 màn màn chī Enjoy your meal!; Bon appetit! ∼HSK 1
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat ∼HSK 1
课本 課本 kè běn textbook HSK 1
老人家 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day HSK 1
弟 弟 dì younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) HSK 1
机票 機票 jī piào air ticket; passenger ticket HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1