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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| 着 著 | 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 |
| 里人 里人 | person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower | Proper Noun |
| 大山 大山 | Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC | Proper Noun |
| 一月 一月 | January; first month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 百里 百里 | two-character surname Baili | Proper Noun |
| 八里 八里 | Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 三门 三門 | Sanmen county in Taizhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 哪知道 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 老二 老二 | second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 上山 上山 | to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 说起 說起 | to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 下水 下水 | downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 这天 這天 | this day | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 个个 個個 | each one individually; each and every | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 正路 正路 | (lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 想家 想家 | homesick | |
| 不一 不一 | to vary; to differ | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. | |
| 天车 天車 | gantry traveling crane | |
| 大月 大月 | solar month of 31 days; a lunar month of 30 days | |
| 吃穿 吃穿 | food and clothing | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile |