So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son 2019

地久天长 dìjiǔtiāncháng

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.

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3.88 Beginner Director Wang Xiaoshuai IMDb 7.7

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之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
牵一发而动全身 牽一髮而動全身 qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom); fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system Idiom ∼HSK 6
义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back; no surrender; to pursue justice with no second thoughts Idiom ∼HSK 6
大有作为 大有作為 dà yǒu zuò wéi to accomplish much; to have good prospects; to have a promising future Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不像样 不像樣 bù xiàng yàng in no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
泥巴 泥巴 ní ba (coll.) mud Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
浩浩 浩浩 hào hào vast; expansive (universe); torrential (floods) ∼HSK 6
茉莉 茉莉 mò lì jasmine ∼HSK 6
分拣 分揀 fēn jiǎn to sort (mail) ∼HSK 6
干爹 乾爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 6
再犯 再犯 zài fàn to re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist ∼HSK 6
良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
独苗 獨苗 dú miáo only child; sole scion ∼HSK 6
筒子 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for ∼HSK 6
孤僻 孤僻 gū pì antisocial; reclusive; eccentric ∼HSK 6
白眼狼 白眼狼 bái yǎn láng thankless wretch; an ingrate ∼HSK 6
同日 同日 tóng rì same day; simultaneous ∼HSK 6
娃娃亲 娃娃親 wá wa qīn arranged betrothal of minors ∼HSK 6
显形 顯形 xiǎn xíng to show one's true nature (derog.); to betray oneself ∼HSK 6
泡茶 泡茶 pào chá to make tea ∼HSK 6
独生子女 獨生子女 dú shēng zǐ nǚ an only child ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
福利院 福利院 fú lì yuàn welfare agency ∼HSK 6
人间蒸发 人間蒸發 rén jiān zhēng fā to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth ∼HSK 6
伦巴 倫巴 lún bā (loanword) rhumba ∼HSK 6
洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style; foreign flavor; trendy; fashionable ∼HSK 6
应景 應景 yìng jǐng according with the times; seasonal ∼HSK 6
稀里哗啦 稀里嘩啦 xī li huā lā (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc); smashed to pieces; completely routed ∼HSK 6
刑事犯罪 刑事犯罪 xíng shì fàn zuì criminal offense ∼HSK 6
抛锚 拋錨 pāo máo to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down ∼HSK 6
精装 精裝 jīng zhuāng hardcover (book); elaborately packaged; opposite: ∼HSK 6
子宫壁 子宮壁 zǐ gōng bì wall of the uterus ∼HSK 6
结扎 結紮 jié zā to tie up; to bind up; (medicine) to ligate; (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia); (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) ∼HSK 6
窝囊 窩囊 wō nang to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly ∼HSK 6
挥手 揮手 huī shǒu to wave (one's hand) ∼HSK 6
哭丧着脸 哭喪著臉 kū sang zhe liǎn to pull a long face; to wear a mournful expression ∼HSK 6
他娘的 他孃的 tā niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
先见之明 先見之明 xiān jiàn zhī míng foresight ∼HSK 6
遭罪 遭罪 zāo zuì to endure hardship; to suffer ∼HSK 6
评奖 評獎 píng jiǎng to determine the recipient of an award through discussion ∼HSK 6
匹夫有责 匹夫有責 pǐ fū yǒu zé every ordinary person bears responsibility (idiom); from "the rise and fall of a nation is everyone's concern" ∼HSK 6
疆场 疆場 jiāng chǎng battlefield ∼HSK 6
臃肿 臃腫 yōng zhǒng obese; bloated; swollen (style); (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed ∼HSK 6
减负 減負 jiǎn fù to alleviate a burden on sb ∼HSK 6
谋职 謀職 móu zhí to look for a job; to seek employment ∼HSK 6
涅磐 涅磐 niè pán variant of ∼HSK 6
浴火重生 浴火重生 yù huǒ chóng shēng to rise from the ashes (idiom); to thrive again after surviving an ordeal ∼HSK 6