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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打水 打水 dǎ shuǐ to draw water; to splash water ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
校 校 jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
白毛 白毛 bái máo white hair (of animals); see also ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
老小 老小 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young; the youngest member of the family ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
看上 看上 kàn shàng to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
在后 在後 zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
干饭 乾飯 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) ∼HSK 1
说起 說起 shuō qǐ to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
多个 多個 duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
后事 後事 hòu shì future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
天书 天書 tiān shū imperial edict; heavenly book (superstition); obscure or illegible writing; double dutch ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
是以 是以 shì yǐ therefore; thus; so ∼HSK 1
机要 機要 jī yào (attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
拿人 拿人 ná rén making things awkward; to cause difficulties; to exert influence; to attract ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
听起来 聽起來 tīng qi lai to sound like ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
上前 上前 shàng qián to advance; to step forward ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
正要 正要 zhèng yào to be just about to; to be on the point of ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
花儿 花兒 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia ∼HSK 1