Springtime in a Small Town

Springtime in a Small Town 2002

小城之春 xiǎochéng zhī chūn

In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.

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3.78 Beginner Director Tian Zhuangzhuang 🍅 86%

Cast

Jingfan Hu Jingfan Hu Yuwen Wu Jun Wu Jun Dai Liyan Ye Xiao Keng Ye Xiao Keng Lao Huang Si Si Lu Si Si Lu Dai Xiu Xin Baiqing Xin Baiqing

Vocabulary

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名 名 míng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people HSK 2
成 成 chéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth HSK 2
带 帶 dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
位 位 wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential HSK 2
当 當 dāng to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at HSK 2
像 像 xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
才 才 cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
更 更 gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
该 該 gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
只 只 zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
又 又 yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
得 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
什 什 shén file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
客 客 kè guest, traveller; customer ∼HSK 1
欢 歡 huān happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy ∼HSK 1
朋 朋 péng friend, pal, acquaintance ∼HSK 1
友 友 yǒu friend, companion; fraternity ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
候 候 hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
昨 昨 zuó yesterday; in former times, past ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
校 校 jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
医 醫 yī cure, heal; doctor, medical ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
亚 亞 Yà Asia; second ∼HSK 1
习 習 Xí practice; flapping wings ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
不一 不一 bù yī to vary; to differ ∼HSK 1
脑 腦 nǎo brain ∼HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
奶 奶 nǎi breast; milk; to breastfeed HSK 1