Goodbye South, Goodbye

Goodbye South, Goodbye 1996

南国再见，南国 nán guó zàijiàn， nán guó

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.

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3.68 Beginner Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 100%

Cast

Jack Kao Jack Kao Kao Lim Giong Lim Giong Flatty Vicky Wei Vicky Wei Hui Annie Shizuka Inoh Annie Shizuka Inoh Pretzel Hsu Kuei-ying Hsu Kuei-ying Ying Lien Pi-tung Lien Pi-tung Tung Lui Ming Lui Ming Hsing's Father Go Ming Ming Shih-huang Chen Flatty's Uncle Kuei Li Brother Xu

Vocabulary

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母 母 mǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
炒 炒 chǎo to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) HSK 6
赚 賺 zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
觉 覺 jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up 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
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
歌舞升平 歌舞昇平 gē wǔ - shēng píng lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom); fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
农会 農會 nóng huì farmer's cooperative; abbr. for 農民協會|农民协会 ∼HSK 5
三分之一 三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third ∼HSK 5
瑛 瑛 yīng luster of gem; crystal ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
不爽 不爽 bù shuǎng not well; out of sorts; in a bad mood; without discrepancy; accurate ∼HSK 5
我操 我操 wǒ cào (substitute for) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 5
四分之一 四分之一 sì fēn zhī yī one-quarter ∼HSK 5
姚 姚 Yáo handsome, elegant; surname ∼HSK 5
钞 鈔 chāo paper money, bank notes; copy ∼HSK 5
小鬼 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp ∼HSK 5
硬要 硬要 yìng yào firmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action ∼HSK 5
霉 黴 méi mold, mildew ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
瘦肉 瘦肉 shòu ròu lean meat ∼HSK 5
豆干 豆乾 dòu gān variant of ∼HSK 5
华灯 華燈 huá dēng decorated lantern; lantern light ∼HSK 5
声响 聲響 shēng xiǎng sound; noise ∼HSK 5
醉人 醉人 zuì rén intoxicating; fascinating ∼HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
胧 朧 lóng condition or appearance of moon ∼HSK 5
熄 熄 xī put out, extinguish, quash ∼HSK 5
碰触 碰觸 pèng chù to touch ∼HSK 5
潦 潦 lǎo to flood; a puddle; without care ∼HSK 5
衰 衰 cuī decline, falter, decrease; weaken ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
岳 嶽 Yuè mountain peak; surname ∼HSK 5
稍等 稍等 shāo děng to wait a moment ∼HSK 5
鹏 鵬 Péng fabulous bird of enormous size ∼HSK 5
无心插柳 無心插柳 wú xīn chā liǔ (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated; serendipitous; fortuitous ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
荫 蔭 yìn shade, shelter; protect ∼HSK 5
挛 攣 luán tangled; entwined; crooked ∼HSK 5
报价 報價 bào jià to quote a price; quoted price; quote ∼HSK 5
只见 只見 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) HSK 5