One Second

One Second 2020

miǎozhōng

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
3.76 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 100%

Cast

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
西 西 shì dōng xi (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing; worthless nobody; no-good Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
méi guān xi it doesn't matter Xiehouyu HSK 1
hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
duì bu I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
duì duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shǎo lái refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it! Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
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
Lǎo Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
èr fēn second part; the equinox ∼HSK 1
ge 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
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
huài fèn bad element; bad egg; troublemaker ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
pǎo chū to run out ∼HSK 1
hǎo several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
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
dōng fēng easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances ∼HSK 1
shí jiǔ nineteen; 19 ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1