The Road Home

The Road Home 1999

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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%

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yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
piāo to float; to drift HSK 7
guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental HSK 7
cāo xīn to worry about HSK 7
cóng tóu anew; from the start HSK 7
qīng frog; (old) (slang) ugly guy HSK 7
xīn shì a load on one's mind; worry HSK 7
dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
guàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) HSK 7
rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
xiāng shí to get to know each other; acquaintance HSK 7
gu mushroom; to pester; to dawdle HSK 7
kǒu shuǐ saliva HSK 7
fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
jiáo to chew; also pr. [jué] HSK 7
extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me HSK 7
yíng to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face HSK 7
gǎi biān to adapt; to rearrange; to revise HSK 7
tiān heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
guǒ to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth) HSK 7
tōng wǎng to lead to HSK 7
mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
to employ; to hire; to rent HSK 7
tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
gōng construction site HSK 7
chēng hu to call; to address as; form of address; appellation HSK 7
lán to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) HSK 7
xīn si mind; thoughts; inclination; mood HSK 7
zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
zhǐ wàng to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope HSK 7
dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on HSK 7
lùn whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means HSK 7
tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
zài to care about; to mind HSK 7
zhì order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
dān lone; lonely; loneliness HSK 7
xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
hōng dòng shí to cause a sensation (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
shuǐ lòu lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) Idiom ∼HSK 6