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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| 犁头 犁頭 | plowshare; colter; (dialect) plow | |
| 山头 山頭 | mountain top | |
| 天黑 天黑 | to get dark; dusk | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 咱家 咱家 | I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 不求人 不求人 | backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) | |
| 不太 不太 | Not too | |
| 春节 春節 | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 个子 個子 | height; stature; build; size | |
| 作文 作文 | to write an essay; composition (student essay) | |
| 送到 送到 | Deliver | |
| 年级 年級 | grade; year (in school, college etc) | |
| 路边 路邊 | curb; roadside; wayside | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 打工 打工 | to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation | |
| 饱 飽 | to eat till full; satisfied | |
| 报名 報名 | to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist | |
| 忽然 忽然 | suddenly; all of a sudden | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 等于 等於 | to equal; to be tantamount to | |
| 冬天 冬天 | winter | |
| 平安 平安 | safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 早晨 早晨 | early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 平时 平時 | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime | |
| 理想 理想 | an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 公路 公路 | highway; road | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 骑 騎 | (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 高中 高中 | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 满意 滿意 | satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious |