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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下去 下去 xià qù to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
好好 好好 hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
到底 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
伤 傷 shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
台 檯 Tái Taiwan (abbr.) HSK 3
里面 裡面 lǐ miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
个人 個人 gè rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
比较 比較 bǐ jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
根本 根本 gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
处理 處理 chǔ lǐ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
方式 方式 fāng shì way; manner; style; mode; pattern HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
任何 任何 rèn hé any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
比赛 比賽 bǐ sài competition (sports etc); match; to compete HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
场子 場子 chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place; public venue Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
急着 急著 jí zhe urgently ∼HSK 2
卖掉 賣掉 mài diào to sell off ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
有够 有夠 yǒu gòu very; extremely ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
谁怕谁 誰怕誰 shéi pà shéi bring it on!; who's afraid? ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
象 象 xiàng elephant; ivory; figure, image ∼HSK 2
别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
靠得住 靠得住 kào de zhù reliable; trustworthy ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
两句 兩句 liǎng jù (say) a few words ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
听懂 聽懂 tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
难听 難聽 nán tīng unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful HSK 2