Postmen in the Mountains

Postmen in the Mountains 1999

那山那人那狗 nā shān nā rén nā gǒu

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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3.65 Beginner Director Huo Jianqi 🍅 96%

Cast

Teng Rujun Teng Rujun Father Liu Ye Liu Ye Son Zhao Xiuli Zhao Xiuli Mother Gong Yeheng Gong Yeheng Fifth Wife Chen Hao Chen Hao Dong Girl Dang Haoyu Dang Haoyu Young Father Huang Wei Young Mother Li Chunhua Village Secretary Yang Weiwei Zhuan Wa Wang Yu Son in Childhood

Vocabulary

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张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
三天两头 三天兩頭 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently Idiom ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
想头 想頭 xiǎng tou (coll.) idea; hope Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
送信 送信 sòng xìn to send word; to deliver a letter ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse); (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
一回生二回熟 一回生二回熟 yī huí shēng èr huí shú unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom) ∼HSK 2
起身 起身 qǐ shēn to get up; to leave; to set forth ∼HSK 2
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle ∼HSK 2
脏水 髒水 zāng shuǐ dirty water; sewage ∼HSK 2
全知 全知 quán zhī omniscient ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
茅草 茅草 máo cǎo cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia ∼HSK 2
叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster; cock; (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
接过 接過 jiē guò to take (sth proffered) ∼HSK 2
当局 當局 dāng jú authorities ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
眼病 眼病 yǎn bìng eye disease ∼HSK 2
换人 換人 huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
生就 生就 shēng jiù to be born with; to be gifted with ∼HSK 2
满脸 滿臉 mǎn liǎn across one's whole face ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
长满 長滿 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over ∼HSK 2
长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2