Old Fox

Old Fox 2023

老狐狸 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

Cast

Bai Run-yin Bai Run-yin Liao Jie Liu Kuan-ting Liu Kuan-ting Liao Tai-Lai Akio Chen Akio Chen Boss Xie Eugenie Liu Eugenie Liu Lin Chen-Chen Mugi Kadowaki Mugi Kadowaki Yang Jun-Mei Jag Huang Jag Huang Wei Shao-Hua James Wen James Wen Steven Yang Li-yin Yang Li-yin Li's Wife Fu Meng-po Fu Meng-po Boss Xie's Son Aviis Zhong Aviis Zhong Yang Jun-Mei's (voice)

Vocabulary

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肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
香港 香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十一月 十一月 Shí yī yuè November; eleventh month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十月 十月 Shí yuè October; tenth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十二月 十二月 Shí èr yuè December; twelfth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
老子 老子 Lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
老狐狸 老狐狸 lǎo hú li old fox; fig. cunning person ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
少校 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army; major; lieutenant commander ∼HSK 1
耙子 耙子 pá zi a rake ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
不是吗 不是嗎 bù shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
不忙 不忙 bù máng there's no hurry; take one's time ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
年来 年來 nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
住家 住家 zhù jiā residence; household; to reside ∼HSK 1
点大 點大 diǎn dà (of a child etc) small as a mite; minuscule ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
想开 想開 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on ∼HSK 1
洗手 洗手 xǐ shǒu to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet ∼HSK 1
上桌 上桌 shàng zhuō to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table) ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1