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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媚 媚 mèi charming, attractive; flatter ∼HSK 5
鞭 鞭 biān whip; whip; string of firecrackers ∼HSK 5
奈 奈 nài but, how; bear, stand, endure ∼HSK 5
伺 伺 cì serve, wait upon, attend; examine ∼HSK 5
惭 慚 cán ashamed, humiliated; shameful ∼HSK 5
愧 媿 kuì ashamed, conscience-stricken ∼HSK 5
蹈 蹈 dǎo stamp feet; dance ∼HSK 5
哲 哲 zhé wise, sagacious; wise man, sage ∼HSK 5
妨 妨 fáng interfere with, impede, obstruct ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
矛 矛 máo spear, lance; KangXi radical 110 ∼HSK 5
魁 魁 kuí chief; leader; best; monstrous ∼HSK 5
螃 螃 páng crab ∼HSK 5
蟹 蟹 xiè crab, brachyura ∼HSK 5
忏 懺 chàn regret, repent; confess sins ∼HSK 5
辈 輩 bèi lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people HSK 5
拾 拾 shè to ascend in light steps HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
盆 盆 pén basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters HSK 5
乡 鄉 xiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) HSK 5
闲 閒 xián idle; unoccupied; leisure HSK 5
琴 琴 qín guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general HSK 5
朵 朵 duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
汗 汗 hán see 汗, 汗国 HSK 5
敲 敲 qiāo to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge HSK 5
劝 勸 quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
绕 繞 rào to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex HSK 5
认 認 rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department HSK 5
瞧 瞧 qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
旁 旁 páng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) HSK 5
青 青 qīng green; blue; black; youth; young (of people) HSK 5
答 答 dá to answer; to reply; to respond HSK 5
害 害 hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
必 必 bì certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
醉 醉 zuì intoxicated HSK 5
躲 躲 duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
洞 洞 dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) 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
恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
舞 舞 wǔ to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
呆 呆 dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5