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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| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 采访 採訪 | to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 合同 合同 | (business) contract | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 冲 沖 | thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash | |
| 引起 引起 | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 耳边风 耳邊風 | lit. wind past your ear; fig. sth you don't pay much attention to; in one ear and out the other | Idiom |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 村里 村裡 | village; hamlet | Proper Noun |
| 进城 進城 | to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) | Proper Noun |
| 村子 村子 | village | Proper Noun |
| 村上 村上 | Murakami (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 村长 村長 | village chief; village head | Proper Noun |
| 邮 郵 | postal, mail; post office | |
| 赶路 趕路 | to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on | |
| 邮包 郵包 | postal parcel; parcel | |
| 岭 嶺 | mountain ridge, mountain peak | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 特区 特區 | special administrative region; abbr. for 特別行政區|特别行政区 | |
| 没准 沒準 | not sure; maybe | |
| 一时半会 一時半會 | a short time; a little while | |
| 省心 省心 | to cause no trouble; to be spared worry; worry-free | |
| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 直到现在 直到現在 | even now; until now; right up to the present | |
| 已久 已久 | already a long time | |
| 露出 露出 | to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1] | |
| 光是 光是 | solely; just | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched |