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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| 员 員 | person; employee; member | |
| 困 困 | to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 复杂 複雜 | complicated; complex | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 领导 領導 | lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader | |
| 系 係 | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 必要 必要 | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 基本 基本 | basic; fundamental; main; elementary | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 至少 至少 | at least; (to say the) least | |
| 发展 發展 | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand | |
| 记者 記者 | reporter; journalist | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 保持 保持 | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 转 轉 | to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc |