Mountains May Depart

Mountains May Depart 2015

山河故人 shān hé gùrén

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

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3.65 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 89%

Cast

Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Shen Tao Zhang Yi Zhang Yi Zhang Jinsheng Liang Jingdong Liang Jingdong Liang Jangjung Dong Zijian Dong Zijian Zhang Daole Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang Mia Rong Zishan Rong Zishan Young Zhang Daole Liu Lu Liu Lu Liang's Wife Zhubin Li Liu Min Liu Min

Vocabulary

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需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs 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
改行 改行 gǎi háng to change profession Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
黄河 黃河 Huáng Hé Yellow River or Huang He Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
山西省 山西省 Shān xī Shěng Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
河北 河北 Hé běi Hebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
河南 河南 Hé nán Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
香港人 香港人 Xiāng gǎng rén Hong Kong person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
快点儿 快點兒 kuài diǎn r erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up! HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
澳大利亚 澳大利亞 Ào dà lì yà Australia ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
七月份 七月份 qī yuè fèn July ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
狗日 狗日 gǒu rì lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking ∼HSK 2
满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon; whole month; baby's one-month old birthday ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
气话 氣話 qì huà angry words; sth said in the moment of anger ∼HSK 2
片名 片名 piān míng movie title ∼HSK 2
山河 山河 shān hé mountains and rivers; the whole country ∼HSK 2
市里 市裡 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle ∼HSK 2
起名 起名 qǐ míng to name; to christen; to take a name ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
前夫 前夫 qián fū former husband ∼HSK 2
一周 一週 yī zhōu one week; all the way around; a whole cycle ∼HSK 2
春节 春節 Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) HSK 2
外卖 外賣 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) HSK 2
过年 過年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year HSK 2