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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| 牛只 牛隻 | cow; cattle | |
| 随风 隨風 | wind-borne; tossed about by the wind | |
| 报信 報信 | to notify; to inform | |
| 录取通知书 錄取通知書 | admission notice (issued by a university) | |
| 管他 管他 | no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter | |
| 大叔 大叔 | eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 保准 保準 | to guarantee; reliable; for sure | |
| 性子 性子 | temper | |
| 准头 準頭 | (physiognomy) the tip of the nose | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 记挂 記掛 | (dialect) to keep thinking about (sth); to have (sth) on one's mind | |
| 邮票 郵票 | (postage) stamp | |
| 功课 功課 | homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study | |
| 表格 表格 | form; table | |
| 暖和 暖和 | warm; nice and warm | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 初中 初中 | junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) | |
| 学费 學費 | tuition fee; tuition | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 种子 種子 | seed | |
| 坚决 堅決 | firm; resolute; determined | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 邮件 郵件 | mail; post; email | |
| 夏 夏 | summer | |
| 农民 農民 | peasant; farmer | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 退休 退休 | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement | |
| 各自 各自 | each; respective; apiece | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 赶到 趕到 | to hurry (to some place) | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 丰富 豐富 | to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant | |
| 整理 整理 | to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 土 土 | earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side |