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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| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 大白天 大白天 | broad daylight | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不兴 不興 | out of fashion; outmoded; impermissible; can't | |
| 不等 不等 | unequal; varied | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 家去 家去 | (dialect) to go home; to return home | |
| 大路 大路 | avenue | |
| 次子 次子 | second son | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 每年 每年 | every year; each year; yearly | |
| 考上 考上 | to pass a university entrance exam | |
| 在地 在地 | (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) | |
| 看不见 看不見 | cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 半个 半個 | half of sth | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 好喝 好喝 | tasty (drinks) | |
| 看一看 看一看 | to have a look | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 班车 班車 | regular bus (service) | |
| 花钱 花錢 | to spend money | |
| 买票 買票 | to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 水冷 水冷 | to water-cool | |
| 在前 在前 | ahead; formerly; in the past | |
| 欢 歡 | happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy | |
| 一说 一說 | an expression of opinion; according to some | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 上等 上等 | highest quality; top-notch | |
| 有风 有風 | windy | |
| 再读 再讀 | to read again; to review (a lesson etc) | |
| 就学 就學 | to attend school | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 大风 大風 | gale | |
| 老少 老少 | the old and the young | |
| 正要 正要 | to be just about to; to be on the point of | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time | |
| 山歌 山歌 | folk song; mountain song | |
| 那个 那個 | 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 | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not |