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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那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
生子 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children ∼HSK 2
能写会算 能寫會算 néng xiě - huì suàn (idiom) to be literate and numerate ∼HSK 2
提笔 提筆 tí bǐ to take up one's pen; to start to write ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
苞米 苞米 bāo mǐ (dialect) corn; maize ∼HSK 2
头一 頭一 tóu yī the first ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
片名 片名 piān míng movie title ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
通电话 通電話 tōng diàn huà to phone sb up ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
咱家 咱家 zá jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
眼熟 眼熟 yǎn shú familiar-looking; to seem familiar ∼HSK 2
跑遍 跑遍 pǎo biàn to go everywhere; to scour (the whole town) ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
上传 上傳 shàng chuán to upload ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
市里 市裡 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
款 款 kuǎn item, article; clause; fund ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
碰见 碰見 pèng jiàn to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into HSK 2
饺子 餃子 jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2
筷子 筷子 kuài zi chopsticks HSK 2
开学 開學 kāi xué foundation of a University or College; school opening; the start of a new term HSK 2
草地 草地 cǎo dì lawn; meadow; sod; turf HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
外地 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is HSK 2
路边 路邊 lù biān curb; roadside; wayside HSK 2
天上 天上 tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2
教室 教室 jiào shì classroom HSK 2
报名 報名 bào míng to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist HSK 2