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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理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
死亡 死亡 sǐ wáng to die; death HSK 6
特 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
廖 廖 Liào surname; name of an ancient state ∼HSK 5
瓦斯 瓦斯 wǎ sī gas (loanword) ∼HSK 5
啾 啾 jiū wailing of child; chirp ∼HSK 5
謝 謝 xiè thank; decline ∼HSK 5
風 風 fēng wind; air; manners, atmosphere ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
老太婆 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) ∼HSK 5
肏 肏 cào copulate, expletive (fuck) ∼HSK 5
涨停 漲停 zhǎng tíng (of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit (resulting in a temporary halt in trading of the stock) ∼HSK 5
鱼翅 魚翅 yú chì shark fin ∼HSK 5
蛋饼 蛋餅 dàn bǐng egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish) ∼HSK 5
叨 叨 dāo talkative; quarrelous ∼HSK 5
哮 哮 xiào cough; pant; roar ∼HSK 5
可否 可否 kě fǒu can/may? ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
說 說 shuì speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid ∼HSK 5
釋 釋 shì interprete, elucidate; release ∼HSK 5
這 這 zhè this, the, here ∼HSK 5
裡 裡 lǐ inside, interior, within ∼HSK 5
奢 奢 shē extravagant, wasteful; exaggerate ∼HSK 5
華 華 huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 5
电锅 電鍋 diàn guō (Tw) electric rice cooker ∼HSK 5
卤 滷 lǔ salt ∼HSK 5
垒 壘 lěi rampart, military wall ∼HSK 5
杀价 殺價 shā jià to beat down the price; to haggle; to slash one's prices ∼HSK 5
湘 湘 Xiāng Hunan province ∼HSK 5
琳 琳 lín beautiful jade, gem ∼HSK 5
躲雨 躲雨 duǒ yǔ to take shelter from the rain ∼HSK 5
食量 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats; food intake ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
好棒 好棒 hǎo bàng excellent (interjection) ∼HSK 5
碟 碟 dié small dish, plate ∼HSK 5
有资格 有資格 yǒu zī gé to be entitled; to qualify; to be qualified ∼HSK 5
赔不是 賠不是 péi bú shi to apologize ∼HSK 5
垃圾堆 垃圾堆 lā jī duī garbage heap ∼HSK 5
眠 眠 mián close eyes, sleep; hibernate ∼HSK 5
巢 巢 Cháo nest, living quarter in tree ∼HSK 5
捻 捻 niǎn to twist or nip with the fingers ∼HSK 5