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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胆小鬼 膽小鬼 dǎn xiǎo guǐ coward Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
完蛋 完蛋 wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
未知数 未知數 wèi zhī shù unknown quantity HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
炉子 爐子 lú zi stove; oven; furnace HSK 7
海啸 海嘯 hǎi xiào tsunami HSK 7
藏身 藏身 cáng shēn to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge HSK 7
鼻涕 鼻涕 bí tì nasal mucus; snivel; snot HSK 7
牢固 牢固 láo gù firm; secure HSK 7
插手 插手 chā shǒu to get involved in; to meddle; interference HSK 7
梳 梳 shū a comb; to comb HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
合影 合影 hé yǐng to take a joint photo; group photo HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry; head ornament HSK 7
迷路 迷路 mí lù to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) HSK 7
住处 住處 zhù chù residence; dwelling HSK 7
奴隶 奴隸 nú lì slave HSK 7
保管 保管 bǎo guǎn to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator HSK 7
动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
尽头 盡頭 jìn tóu end; extremity; limit HSK 7
项链 項鏈 xiàng liàn necklace HSK 7
新生 新生 xīn shēng new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student HSK 7
隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth HSK 7
处置 處置 chǔ zhì to handle; to take care of; to punish HSK 7
愚蠢 愚蠢 yú chǔn silly; stupid HSK 7
走廊 走廊 zǒu láng corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda HSK 7
摧毁 摧毀 cuī huǐ to destroy; to wreck HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
讲述 講述 jiǎng shù to talk about; to narrate; to give an account HSK 7
擅长 擅長 shàn cháng to be good at; to be expert in HSK 7
罐 罐 guàn can; jar; pot HSK 7
激励 激勵 jī lì to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive HSK 7
割 割 gē to cut; to cut apart HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
美味 美味 měi wèi delicious; delicious food; delicacy HSK 7
亦 亦 yì also HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
监狱 監獄 jiān yù prison HSK 7
即便 即便 jí biàn even if; even though; right away; immediately HSK 7
老大 老大 lǎo dà old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7