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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| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 到家 到家 | perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 少不了 少不了 | cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 外边 外邊 | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 从来不 從來不 | never | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 大学生 大學生 | university student; college student | |
| 小学 小學 | elementary school; primary school | |
| 新年 新年 | New Year | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 上课 上課 | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 中午 中午 | noon; midday | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 工人 工人 | worker | |
| 老人 老人 | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents | |
| 知识 知識 | knowledge; intellectual | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 中间 中間 | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning |