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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混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
攻击 攻擊 gōng jī to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military) HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
哇 哇 wā Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
放屁 放屁 fàng pì to fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense; Utter rubbish! ∼HSK 5
瞇 瞇 mī to close (the eyes); to squint ∼HSK 5
芬 芬 fēn fragrance, aroma; perfume ∼HSK 5
凯 凱 Kǎi triumphant; triumph, victory ∼HSK 5
噗 噗 pū burst ∼HSK 5
滋 滋 zī grow, multiply, increase; thrive ∼HSK 5
缥 縹 piāo light blue silk; dim; misty ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
铐 銬 kào shackles, manacles ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
找寻 找尋 zhǎo xún to look for; to seek; to find fault ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
咻 咻 xiū shout ∼HSK 5
逊 遜 xùn humble, modest; yield ∼HSK 5
诈 詐 zhà cheat, defraud, swindle; trick ∼HSK 5
孟 孟 Mèng first in series; great, eminent ∼HSK 5
臭脸 臭臉 chòu liǎn sour face; scowling face ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
戏票 戲票 xì piào (theater etc) ticket ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
不管怎样 不管怎樣 bù guǎn zěn yàng in any case; no matter what ∼HSK 5
躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb) ∼HSK 5
犁 犁 lí plow ∼HSK 5
黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
巢 巢 Cháo nest, living quarter in tree ∼HSK 5
不必要 不必要 bù bì yào needless; unnecessary ∼HSK 5
纰漏 紕漏 pī lòu careless mistake; slip-up ∼HSK 5
稍等 稍等 shāo děng to wait a moment ∼HSK 5
枪伤 槍傷 qiāng shāng gunshot wound ∼HSK 5
荣民 榮民 róng mín (Tw) retired soldier; veteran ∼HSK 5
球棒 球棒 qiú bàng (baseball or cricket) bat; hockey stick ∼HSK 5
小白兔 小白兔 xiǎo bái tù small white rabbit; (fig.) innocent and naive person; (fig.) (slang) breast ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
漠 漠 mò desert; aloof, indifferent, cool ∼HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
明亮 明亮 míng liàng bright; shining; glittering; to become clear HSK 5
无奈 無奈 wú nài to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately HSK 5