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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围起 圍起 wéi qǐ to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence in ∼HSK 3
无人 無人 wú rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
收听 收聽 shōu tīng to listen to (a radio broadcast) HSK 3
收音机 收音機 shōu yīn jī radio HSK 3
听众 聽眾 tīng zhòng audience; listeners HSK 3
古代 古代 gǔ dài ancient times HSK 3
牌子 牌子 pái zi sign; trademark; brand HSK 3
裙子 裙子 qún zi skirt HSK 3
南部 南部 nán bù southern part HSK 3
吵架 吵架 chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3
身份证 身份證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card; ID HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3
好奇 好奇 hào qí inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity HSK 3
裤子 褲子 kù zi trousers; pants HSK 3
去世 去世 qù shì to pass away; to die HSK 3
西部 西部 xī bù western part HSK 3
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
数学 數學 shù xué mathematics; mathematical HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
个性 個性 gè xìng individuality; personality HSK 3
银 銀 yín silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency HSK 3
古 古 gǔ ancient; old; paleo- HSK 3
胖 胖 pán healthy; at ease HSK 3
男子 男子 nán zǐ a man; a male HSK 3
配合 配合 pèi hé matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine HSK 3
尽量 儘量 jǐn liàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent HSK 3
铁 鐵 tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
上去 上去 shàng qù to go up HSK 3
桥 橋 qiáo bridge HSK 3
存 存 cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
生意 生意 shēng yì life force; vitality HSK 3
烟 煙 yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
领 領 lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) HSK 3
费 費 fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
反正 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
证据 證據 zhèng jù evidence; proof; testimony HSK 3
退 退 tuì to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline HSK 3
前面 前面 qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] HSK 3
接近 接近 jiē jìn to approach; to get close to HSK 3
慢慢 慢慢 màn màn slowly HSK 3
保 保 Bǎo Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 HSK 3
乐 樂 lè happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
思想 思想 sī xiǎng thought; thinking; idea; ideology HSK 3
麻烦 麻煩 má fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
领导 領導 lǐng dǎo lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader HSK 3
直 直 zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
有效 有效 yǒu xiào effective; in effect; valid HSK 3
架 架 jià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc HSK 3