Postmen in the Mountains 1999
那山那人那狗
An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire, his only son due to take over his duties.
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Vocabulary
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| 腾云驾雾 騰雲駕霧 | 腾: fly; gallop; run; prance; rise · 云: say, speak; clouds · 驾: to drive, sail, fly; a cart, carriage · 雾: fog, mist, vapor, fine spray | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 顾不上 顧不上 | cannot attend to or manage | |
| 喜酒 喜酒 | wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast | |
| 函授 函授 | to teach by correspondence | |
| 接班 接班 | to take over (from those working the previous shift); to take over (in a leadership role etc); to succeed sb | |
| 木匠 木匠 | carpenter | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 包庇 包庇 | to shield; to harbor; to cover up | |
| 陡 陡 | steep; precipitous; abrubtly; suddenly; unexpectedly | |
| 化肥 化肥 | fertilizer | |
| 俗话说 俗話說 | as the proverb says; as they say... | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 晚年 晚年 | one's later years | |
| 下山 下山 | to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set | |
| 爆竹 爆竹 | firecracker | |
| 倘若 倘若 | if; supposing; in case | |
| 带路 帶路 | to lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct | |
| 偏远 偏遠 | remote; far from civilization | |
| 致富 致富 | to become rich | |
| 总和 總和 | sum | |
| 山路 山路 | mountain road | |
| 路段 路段 | stretch of road; section of a highway or railway | |
| 落下 落下 | to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) | |
| 拴 拴 | to tie up | |
| 视察 視察 | to inspect; an investigation | |
| 干部 幹部 | cadre; official; officer; manager | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 多亏 多虧 | thanks to; luckily | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 退回 退回 | to return (an item); to send back; to go back | |
| 牵挂 牽掛 | to worry about; to be concerned about | |
| 平息 平息 | to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress | |
| 繁忙 繁忙 | busy; bustling | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 贪 貪 | to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt | |
| 上任 上任 | to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 山顶 山頂 | hilltop | |
| 疤 疤 | scar; scab | |
| 好说 好說 | easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me | |
| 轰动 轟動 | to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place); commotion; controversy | |
| 心事 心事 | a load on one's mind; worry | |
| 架子 架子 | shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 乡下 鄉下 | countryside; rural area | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 别扭 彆扭 | awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche | |
| 香味 香味 | fragrance; bouquet; sweet smell |