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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shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
nǎo brain; cerebrum HSK 5
ěr duo ear; handle (on a cup) HSK 5
chāi to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open HSK 5
rào to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex HSK 5
cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature HSK 5
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° HSK 5
bào jǐng to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police HSK 5
small box; case HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
pǐn (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) HSK 5
duī to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount HSK 5
páng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) HSK 5
shā to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide HSK 5
huà in a word; in short HSK 5
huá to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted HSK 5
suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
dàn crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball HSK 5
jìng after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis HSK 5
pīn to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell HSK 5
shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
xīn shǎng to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire HSK 5
píng to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof HSK 5
careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
shú to be familiar with; to know well HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
zhǎng to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5