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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定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
感冒 感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
瑞士 瑞士 Ruì shì Switzerland Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
中秋 中秋 Zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北 臺北 Tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
画图 畫圖 huà tú to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
牛肉 牛肉 niú ròu beef ∼HSK 3
汤面 湯麵 tāng miàn noodles in soup ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
搬走 搬走 bān zǒu to carry ∼HSK 3
耶 耶 yē used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
赞 贊 zàn help, support, assist, aid ∼HSK 3
过世 過世 guò shì to die; to pass away ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
赶时间 趕時間 gǎn shí jiān to be in a hurry ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
杨 楊 Yáng willow, poplar, aspen; surname ∼HSK 3
萝卜糕 蘿蔔糕 luó bo gāo radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake") ∼HSK 3
新年快乐 新年快樂 xīn nián kuài lè Happy New Year! ∼HSK 3
源 源 yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
太阳能板 太陽能板 tài yáng néng bǎn solar panel ∼HSK 3
订位 訂位 dìng wèi to reserve a seat; to book a table; reservation ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
百年好合 百年好合 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) ∼HSK 3
婚 婚 hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
孬种 孬種 nāo zhǒng coward; useless scoundrel ∼HSK 3
回转 回轉 huí zhuǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
输赢 輸贏 shū yíng win or loss; outcome ∼HSK 3
输给 輸給 shū gěi to lose to (sb); to be outdone by ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
存钱 存錢 cún qián to deposit money; to save money ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
把儿 把兒 bà r a handle ∼HSK 3
心力 心力 xīn lì mental and physical efforts ∼HSK 3
证明书 證明書 zhèng míng shū certificate ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
邮差 郵差 yóu chāi postman; mailman (dated in mainland China) ∼HSK 3
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out; to turn back ∼HSK 3
死活 死活 sǐ huó life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me ∼HSK 3