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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方 方 fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
系统 系統 xì tǒng system HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
星期五 星期五 Xīng qī wǔ Friday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北 臺北 Tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台南 臺南 Tái nán Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
圣经 聖經 Shèng jīng the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
阿三 阿三 ā sān (derog.) an Indian ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
检举 檢舉 jiǎn jǔ to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
阿明 阿明 Ā míng Al-Amin ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
任用 任用 rèn yòng to appoint; to assign ∼HSK 3
有能力 有能力 yǒu néng lì able ∼HSK 3
调酒 調酒 tiáo jiǔ to mix drinks; cocktail ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday ∼HSK 3
没多久 沒多久 méi duō jiǔ before long; soon after ∼HSK 3
点烟 點煙 diǎn yān to light a cigarette ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
补数 補數 bǔ shù complementary number ∼HSK 3
裙 帬 qún skirt, apron, petticoat ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
中南部 中南部 zhōng nán bù south central region ∼HSK 3
管它 管它 guǎn tā no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter ∼HSK 3
马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit; brigand; gambling chip; chamber pot; (slang) girl; chick; babe ∼HSK 3
表演过火 表演過火 biǎo yǎn guò huǒ to overact; to overdo one's part ∼HSK 3
过火 過火 guò huǒ to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive; burned ∼HSK 3
小游 小遊 xiǎo yóu outing; short trip ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
来台 來台 lái - Tái to come to Taiwan ∼HSK 3
身份证明 身份證明 shēn fèn zhèng míng ID card; proof of identity ∼HSK 3
抓走 抓走 zhuā zǒu to arrest ∼HSK 3
在台 在臺 zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
总医院 總醫院 zǒng yī yuàn general hospital ∼HSK 3
赌场 賭場 dǔ chǎng casino ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3