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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飞机 飛機 fēi jī airplane HSK 1
常 常 cháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant HSK 1
不用 不用 bù yòng need not HSK 1
读 讀 dòu comma; phrase marked by pause HSK 1
教 教 jiāo to teach HSK 1
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home HSK 1
西 西 Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
去年 去年 qù nián last year HSK 1
高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
字 字 zì letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
听到 聽到 tīng dào to hear HSK 1
忙 忙 máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher HSK 1
出去 出去 chū qù to go out HSK 1
电视 電視 diàn shì television; TV HSK 1
那里 那裏 nà li there; that place HSK 1
哪里 哪裏 nǎ lǐ where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
元 元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon HSK 1
记得 記得 jì de to remember HSK 1
杯 杯 bēi cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup HSK 1
二 二 èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
口 口 kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
子 子 zǐ son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
真的 真的 zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
重 重 chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
医院 醫院 yī yuàn hospital HSK 1
动 動 dòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb HSK 1
书 書 Shū abbr. for 书经 HSK 1
晚 晚 wǎn evening; night; late HSK 1
昨天 昨天 zuó tiān yesterday HSK 1
跑 跑 pǎo to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off HSK 1
哪 哪 nǎ how; which HSK 1
电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie; film HSK 1
间 間 jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms HSK 1
别的 別的 bié de else; other HSK 1
少 少 shào young HSK 1
第二 第二 dì èr second; number two; next; secondary HSK 1
多少 多少 duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat HSK 1
学 學 xué to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology HSK 1
谢谢 謝謝 xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you HSK 1
妈 媽 mā ma; mom; mother HSK 1
晚上 晚上 wǎn shang evening; night; in the evening HSK 1
外 外 wài outside; in addition; foreign; external HSK 1
四 四 sì four; 4 HSK 1
回来 回來 huí lai to return; to come back HSK 1
明天 明天 míng tiān tomorrow HSK 1
睡 睡 shuì to sleep; to lie down HSK 1
们 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals HSK 1