Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005

千里走单骑 qiānlǐ zǒu shàn jì

Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. Through a series of obstacles and relationships, he is brought unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son.

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3.48 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 80%

Cast

Ken Takakura Ken Takakura Gou-ichi Takata Shinobu Terajima Shinobu Terajima Rie Takata Kiichi Nakai Kiichi Nakai Kenichi Takata (voice) Ken Nakamoto Ken Nakamoto Electrician Li Jia-Min Li Jiamin Jiang Wen Jasmine Lin Qiu Lingo

Vocabulary

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出自 出自 chū zì to come from HSK 7
警官 警官 jǐng guān constable; police officer HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
摊 攤 tān to spread out; vendor's stand HSK 7
陷 陷 xiàn pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect HSK 7
哭泣 哭泣 kū qì to weep HSK 7
念头 念頭 niàn tou thought; idea; intention HSK 7
血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) HSK 7
癌症 癌症 ái zhèng cancer HSK 7
逃避 逃避 táo bì to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk HSK 7
羡慕 羨慕 xiàn mù to envy; to admire HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
陌生 陌生 mò shēng strange; unfamiliar HSK 7
在意 在意 zài yì to care about; to mind HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
司法 司法 sī fǎ judicial; (administration of) justice HSK 7
监狱 監獄 jiān yù prison HSK 7
得知 得知 dé zhī to find out; to learn of HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
患 患 huàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
一言难尽 一言難盡 yī yán nán jìn hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
立功赎罪 立功贖罪 lì gōng shú zuì to redeem oneself; to atone ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
小娃娃 小娃娃 xiǎo wá wa baby ∼HSK 6
儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fù daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
病因 病因 bìng yīn cause of disease; pathogen ∼HSK 6
肝癌 肝癌 gān ái liver cancer ∼HSK 6
不善 不善 bù shàn bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive ∼HSK 6
绝症 絕症 jué zhèng incurable disease; terminal illness ∼HSK 6
旗子 旗子 qí zi flag; banner ∼HSK 6
伏法 伏法 fú fǎ to be executed ∼HSK 6
置身 置身 zhì shēn to place oneself; to stay ∼HSK 6
渔港 漁港 yú gǎng fishing port ∼HSK 6
悲愤 悲憤 bēi fèn grief and indignation ∼HSK 6