Old Fox

Old Fox 2023

lǎohúli

Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.

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3.68 Beginner Director Hsiao Ya-chuan IMDb 7.2

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Vocabulary

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zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
qún group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
xìng happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
liang power; force; strength HSK 3
zhì shǎo at least; (to say the) least HSK 3
tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
jīn gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
qīn father; also pr. [fù qin] HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
xìng nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence HSK 3
yòng to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
area; region; district; small; distinguish HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
pāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) HSK 3
bǎo to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection HSK 3
jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
chǔ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
fāng shì way; manner; style; mode; pattern HSK 3
zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
how; what way; what HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3