Little Big Women

Little Big Women 2020

孤味 gū wèi

A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.

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4.05 Intermediate Director Joseph Hsu IMDb 7.2

Cast

Grace Chen Grace Chen Grandma / Lin Shoying Hsieh Ying-shiuan Hsieh Ying-shiuan Ching Vivian Hsu Vivian Hsu Yu Sun Ke-fang Sun Ke-fang Jiajia Ding Ning Ding Ning Tsai Meilin Buffy Chen Buffy Chen Clementine Chang Han Chang Han Sean Lung Siu Wa Lung Siu Wa Chen Bochang Honduras Honduras Uncle Weber Yang Weber Yang Younger Chen Bochang

Vocabulary

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之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
纠缠不清 糾纏不清 jiū chán bù qīng hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel Idiom ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze; fig. pure and honest ∼HSK 6
泪珠 淚珠 lèi zhū teardrop; tear ∼HSK 6
灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall; funeral hall ∼HSK 6
忧伤 憂傷 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6
舍利子 舍利子 shè lì zi (Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra") ∼HSK 6
辞掉 辭掉 cí diào to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee) ∼HSK 6
情书 情書 qíng shū love letter ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
虾仁 蝦仁 xiā rén shrimp meat; shelled shrimp ∼HSK 6
爹地 爹地 diē dì daddy (loanword) ∼HSK 6
告别式 告別式 gào bié shì parting ceremony; funeral ∼HSK 6
般若 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) ∼HSK 6
波罗蜜 波羅蜜 bō luó mì jackfruit; breadfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus ∼HSK 6
五蕴皆空 五蘊皆空 wǔ yùn jiē kōng the five aggregates are all empty (Buddhist; from the Heart Sutra); all phenomena are void ∼HSK 6
不生不灭 不生不滅 bù shēng bù miè neither arising nor ceasing (Buddhist idiom); without birth or death ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
丧礼 喪禮 sāng lǐ funeral ∼HSK 6
跨年 跨年 kuà nián to step into the new year; New Year ∼HSK 6
作保 作保 zuò bǎo to act as surety for sb; to be sb's guarantor; to stand bail for sb ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
逝去 逝去 shì qù to elapse; to pass away; to die; demise ∼HSK 6
驾鹤西归 駕鶴西歸 jià hè xī guī lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away (idiom) ∼HSK 6
现剥 現剝 xiàn bāo (of fruit, prawns etc) peeled on the spot; Taiwan pr. [xian4bo1] ∼HSK 6
龙虾 龍蝦 lóng xiā lobster ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
曲棍 曲棍 qū gùn bent stick; hockey stick ∼HSK 6
路边摊 路邊攤 lù biān tān roadside stall ∼HSK 6
整形外科 整形外科 zhěng xíng wài kē plastic surgery; orthopedics ∼HSK 6
多情 多情 duō qíng affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
枉然 枉然 wǎng rán in vain; to no avail ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
守丧 守喪 shǒu sāng to keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning ∼HSK 6
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
灵骨塔 靈骨塔 líng gǔ tǎ columbarium ∼HSK 6
惹麻烦 惹麻煩 rě má fan to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble ∼HSK 6
墨镜 墨鏡 mò jìng sunglasses ∼HSK 6
殡仪馆 殯儀館 bìn yí guǎn the undertaker's; funeral parlor ∼HSK 6
讣文 訃文 fù wén obituary notice ∼HSK 6
诵经 誦經 sòng jīng to chant the sutras ∼HSK 6
结缘 結緣 jié yuán to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth) ∼HSK 6