Spring in a Small Town

Spring in a Small Town 1948

小城之春 xiǎochéng zhī chūn

A married couple living in a desolate small town in post-WWII China are paid a surprise visit by an old friend of the husband's.

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3.57 Beginner Director Fei Mu 🍅 100%

Cast

Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhou Yuwen Yu Shi Yu Shi Dai Liyan Li Wei Li Wei Zhang Zhichen Cui Chaoming Cui Chaoming Lao Huang Zhang Hongmei Zhang Hongmei Dai Xiou

Vocabulary

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朵 朵 duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
绝望 絕望 jué wàng to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation HSK 5
汗 汗 hán see 汗, 汗国 HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
产业 產業 chǎn yè industry; estate; property; industrial HSK 5
劝 勸 quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
邻居 鄰居 lín jū neighbor; next door HSK 5
除非 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
厨房 廚房 chú fáng kitchen HSK 5
瞧 瞧 qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
脑子 腦子 nǎo zi brains; mind HSK 5
旁 旁 páng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) HSK 5
一句话 一句話 yī jù huà in a word; in short HSK 5
矛盾 矛盾 máo dùn contradiction; conflicting views; contradictory HSK 5
回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
后悔 後悔 hòu huǐ to regret; to feel remorse HSK 5
害 害 hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
辛苦 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
躲 躲 duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
猜 猜 cāi to guess HSK 5
逃 逃 táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
滚 滾 gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
呆 呆 dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
哈 哈 Hā abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
哈萨克 哈薩克 Hā sà kè Kazakh; (Tw, HK) Kazakhstan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
瑞亚 瑞亞 Ruì yà Rhea (Titaness of Greek mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
衡阳 衡陽 Héng yáng Hengyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
桂林 桂林 Guì lín Guilin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆明 昆明 Kūn míng Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
纹 紋 wén line, streak, stripe; wrinkle ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
玛 瑪 mǎ agate; cornelian ∼HSK 4
逛逛 逛逛 guàng guang to roam around; to have a stroll ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4