Springtime in a Small Town

Springtime in a Small Town 2002

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%

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thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
shài (of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to Colloquialism HSK 4
kuān wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient HSK 4
shé to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) HSK 4
shuā to brush; to paint; to daub; to paste up; to skip class (of students); to fire from a job HSK 4
huá to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
sōng pine HSK 4
Shī abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs HSK 4
tooth; ivory HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
zhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
qiē to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
luò to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement HSK 4
extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base HSK 4
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
chù place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3