The Road Home

The Road Home 1999

我的父亲母亲 wǒ de fùqīn mǔqīn

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

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3.64 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 89%

Cast

Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi Young Zhao Di Zheng Hao Zheng Hao Luo Changyu Yulian Zhao Yulian Zhao Zhao Di Sun Honglei Sun Honglei Luo Yusheng Li Bin Li Bin Grandmother Song Yuncheng Song Yuncheng Village Chief Guifa Chang Mayor Wencheng Sung Young Mayor Liu Qi Carpenter Xia Ji Bo Ji Bo Young Carpenter Xia

Vocabulary

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说来说去 說來說去 shuō lái shuō qù 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 去: go away, leave, depart Idiom ∼HSK 7
慌慌张张 慌慌張張 huāng huāng zhāng zhāng 慌: nervous, panicky, frantic · 慌: nervous, panicky, frantic · 张: stretch, extend, expand; sheet · 张: stretch, extend, expand; sheet Idiom ∼HSK 7
敲锣打鼓 敲鑼打鼓 qiāo luó dǎ gǔ 敲: strike, beat, pound, hammer; rap · 锣: gong · 打: strike, hit, beat; fight; attack · 鼓: drum; beat, top, strike Idiom ∼HSK 7
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom); every household Idiom HSK 7
挑剔 挑剔 tiāo ti picky; fussy Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
闺女 閨女 guī ˙nu: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter Colloquialism HSK 7
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
腊月 臘月 Là yuè twelfth lunar month HSK 7
大雁 大雁 dà yàn wild goose HSK 7
说情 說情 shuō qíng to intercede; to plead for sb else HSK 7
学堂 學堂 xué táng college; school (old) HSK 7
志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit HSK 7
姥爷 姥爺 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal) HSK 7
谢绝 謝絕 xiè jué to refuse politely HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
屯 屯 tún to station (soldiers); to store up; village HSK 7
有序 有序 yǒu xù regular; orderly; successive; in order HSK 7
成家 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert HSK 7
挂念 掛念 guà niàn concerned HSK 7
一连 一連 yī lián in a row; in succession; running HSK 7
燕子 燕子 yàn zi swallow HSK 7
敬重 敬重 jìng zhòng to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem HSK 7
动工 動工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) HSK 7
连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
可贵 可貴 kě guì to be treasured; praiseworthy HSK 7
半路 半路 bàn lù halfway; midway; on the way HSK 7
山路 山路 shān lù mountain road HSK 7
庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop HSK 7
响亮 響亮 xiǎng liàng loud and clear; resounding HSK 7
新房 新房 xīn fáng brand new house; bridal chamber HSK 7
荒 荒 huāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect HSK 7
能耐 能耐 néng nài ability; capability HSK 7
发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought HSK 7
拴 拴 shuān to tie up HSK 7
欣喜 欣喜 xīn xǐ happy HSK 7
私自 私自 sī zì private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
凳子 凳子 dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
捎 捎 shāo to bring sth to sb; to deliver HSK 7
生机 生機 shēng jī opportunity to live; to reprieve from death; life force; vitality HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
师范 師範 shī fàn teacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) HSK 7
销 銷 xiāo to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt HSK 7
晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious HSK 7
太平 太平 tài píng peace and security HSK 7
习俗 習俗 xí sú custom; tradition; local tradition; convention HSK 7