The Piano in a Factory

The Piano in a Factory 2011

钢的琴 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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娴 嫻 xián elegant, refined; skillful ∼HSK 5
菊 菊 jú chrysanthemum ∼HSK 5
昌 昌 Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5
跺 跥 duò stamp feet, step ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
硷 礆 jiǎn alkaline, alkali, lye, salt ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
炉 爐 lú furnace ∼HSK 5
碾碎 碾碎 niǎn suì to pulverize; to crush ∼HSK 5
嘲 嘲 cháo ridicule, deride, scorn, jeer at ∼HSK 5
砂 砂 shā sand; pebbles, gravel; gritty ∼HSK 5
哈密瓜 哈密瓜 hā mì guā Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon); honeydew melon; cantaloupe ∼HSK 5
秧 秧 yāng rice seedlings, young rice plants ∼HSK 5
琴键 琴鍵 qín jiàn a piano key ∼HSK 5
饭盒 飯盒 fàn hé lunchbox; mess tin ∼HSK 5
馏 餾 liú distill, distillation ∼HSK 5
隔壁老王 隔壁老王 gé bì Lǎo Wáng Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife) ∼HSK 5
不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others ∼HSK 5
撰 撰 zhuàn compose, write, compile ∼HSK 5
杖 杖 zhàng cane, walking stick ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
内鬼 內鬼 nèi guǐ mole; spy; rat; traitor ∼HSK 5
嘘 噓 xū exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise ∼HSK 5
哆 哆 duō tremble, shiver, shudder, quiver ∼HSK 5
咪 咪 mī sound for calling a cat ∼HSK 5
上岸 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) ∼HSK 5
询 詢 xún inquire into, ask about; consult ∼HSK 5
夹生 夾生 jiā shēng half-cooked; (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc; Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5] ∼HSK 5
宿醉 宿醉 sù zuì hangover ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
伤悲 傷悲 shāng bēi sad; sorrowful (literary) ∼HSK 5
枢 樞 shū door hinge; pivot; center of power ∼HSK 5
木工 木工 mù gōng woodwork; carpentry; woodworker; carpenter ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
做鬼 做鬼 zuò guǐ to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost ∼HSK 5
倒血霉 倒血黴 dǎo xuè méi to have rotten luck (stronger version of) ∼HSK 5
在旁 在旁 zài páng alongside; nearby ∼HSK 5
囱 囪 chuāng chimney ∼HSK 5
爆破 爆破 bào pò to blow up; to demolish (using explosives); dynamite; blast ∼HSK 5
一醉方休 一醉方休 yī zuì fāng xiū to get thoroughly drunk (idiom); to get plastered ∼HSK 5
不醉不归 不醉不歸 bù zuì bù guī lit. to not go home until drunk (idiom); fig. let's make a night of it! ∼HSK 5
怎奈 怎奈 zěn nài (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however ∼HSK 5
榉木 櫸木 jǔ mù beech ∼HSK 5
手风琴 手風琴 shǒu fēng qín accordion ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
卿 卿 qīng noble, high officer ∼HSK 5
掘 掘 jué dig, excavate; excavate cave ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
暴 暴 Bào violent, brutal, tyrannical ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5