The Piano in a Factory

The Piano in a Factory 2011

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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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kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
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
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
wán shì to be finished (with sth) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
bié le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
shí hou at that time HSK 2
Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
jiǎ yào fake drugs ∼HSK 2
duò jiǎo to stamp one's feet ∼HSK 2
dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
guò How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2
néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
liǎng (say) a few words ∼HSK 2
shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
wèi de shì for the sake of; for the purpose of ∼HSK 2
gǎi chéng to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium) ∼HSK 2
jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
tào chē to harness (a horse to a cart) ∼HSK 2
hēi qián dirty money ∼HSK 2
bié qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
zuǐ zi mouth; beak; spout; mouthpiece ∼HSK 2
pái chang ostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style; red tape ∼HSK 2
yǒu chéng (literary) to achieve success ∼HSK 2
cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
shàng jiē to go onto the streets; to go shopping ∼HSK 2
mài chàng to sing for a living ∼HSK 2
děi kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 2
jiǔ bēi wine cup ∼HSK 2
to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold ∼HSK 2
jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
se (dialect) cocky; smug; to show off ∼HSK 2