Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005

qiān zǒu shàn

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%

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jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
céng jīng once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
bào gào to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture HSK 3
àn to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment HSK 3
rén yuán staff; crew; personnel HSK 3
lián connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
zǒng shì always HSK 3
chú le besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) HSK 3
xià lai 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) HSK 3
jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
pāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) HSK 3
néng capability; ability HSK 3
fāng shì way; manner; style; mode; pattern HSK 3
jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
biǎo xiàn to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu 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") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
tóu huí the first time; for the first time Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
dài zi belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri); comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
Yún nán Shěng Yunnan Province, capital Kunming Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2