The Piano in a Factory

The Piano in a Factory 2011

gāng de qín

To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch.

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4.08 Intermediate Director Zhang Meng IMDb 7.4

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bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
zhēng to fight for; to strive for; to win over HSK 3
tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
zhǐ dǎo to guide; to give directions; to direct; to coach; guidance; tuition HSK 3
chéng zhǎng to mature; to grow; growth HSK 3
shēng chǎn to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child HSK 3
zhǔ rèn director; head HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
chū to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) HSK 3
làng fèi to waste; to squander HSK 3
jiāo liú to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb) HSK 3
bǎn board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
yǎn to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
zhì zào to manufacture; to make HSK 3
Bǎo Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
yǎn chū to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
xiǎng thought; thinking; idea; ideology HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
měi hǎo beautiful; fine HSK 3
chuàng zào to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record) HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine HSK 3
àn zhào according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of HSK 3
jià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc HSK 3
speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo HSK 3
shì undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation HSK 3
zhí value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty HSK 3
gǎn shòu to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
xiàn shí reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested HSK 3
huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient HSK 3
qún group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
xiāng dāng equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
guà to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) HSK 3
shǔ to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3