The Calm Beyond

The Calm Beyond 2020

平静之外 píngjìng zhīwài

A young woman lives, hidden in plain sight in a ruined Hong Kong building after a tsunami destroyed the city - a castaway on a concrete island. Her concealed existence is changed forever when a small child literally floats into her life.

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3.39 Beginner Director Joshua Wong IMDb 5.5

Cast

Kara Wang Kara Wang Asha Sarinna Boggs Hei Hei Terence Yin Chi-Wai Terence Yin Chi-Wai Big Brother Scavenger Joyce Cheng Yan-Yi Joyce Cheng Yan-Yi Best Friend Jai Day Jai Day Randy Scavenger Timmy Gunn Guitar Head Scavenger Jason Lim Boat Captain Scavenger Jane Wong Jane Wong One-Eyed Scavenger Rodney Wong Long-Yin Butcher Scavenger

Vocabulary

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简单 簡單 jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
另外 另外 lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
确定 確定 què dìng definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box) HSK 3
代表 代表 dài biǎo representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of HSK 3
保证 保證 bǎo zhèng guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge HSK 3
拍 拍 pāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
强 強 jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
菲律宾 菲律賓 Fēi lǜ bīn the Philippines Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
新加坡 新加坡 Xīn jiā pō Singapore Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
道外 道外 Dào wài Daowai district of Harbin in Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
下周 下週 xià zhōu next week HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
天啊 天啊 tiān a good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) ∼HSK 2
鸡肉 雞肉 jī ròu chicken meat ∼HSK 2
成年人 成年人 chéng nián rén adult person ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
懦夫 懦夫 nuò fū coward ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2