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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花儿 花兒 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
忙着 忙著 máng zhe to be occupied with (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
送走 送走 sòng zǒu to see off; to send off ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
五一 五一 wǔ yī 5-1 (May 1st) ∼HSK 1
十四 十四 shí sì fourteen; 14 ∼HSK 1
二八 二八 èr bā 16; sixteen ∼HSK 1
三五 三五 sān wǔ several; three or five ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
三七二十一 三七二十一 sān qī èr shí yī three sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation ∼HSK 1
三八 三八 sān bā International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid ∼HSK 1
年来 年來 nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
在教 在教 zài jiào to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam) ∼HSK 1
昨 昨 zuó yesterday; in former times, past ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
过路人 過路人 guò lù rén a passer-by ∼HSK 1
他用 他用 tā yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
昨晚 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
好几年 好幾年 hǎo jǐ nián several years ∼HSK 1
快进 快進 kuài jìn fast-forward (media player) ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
用不了 用不了 yòng bu liǎo to not use all of; to use less than ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car; mini-car; small horse-cart; barrow; wheelbarrow; type of folk dance ∼HSK 1
最远 最遠 zuì yuǎn furthest; most distant; at maximum distance ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
分钱 分錢 fēn qián cent; penny ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
天课 天課 tiān kè zakat ∼HSK 1
听不到 聽不到 tīng bu dào can't hear ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
歌儿 歌兒 gē r song ∼HSK 1
课文 課文 kè wén text HSK 1
忘不了 忘不了 wàng bù liǎo cannot forget ∼HSK 1
包子 包子 bāo zi bao (steamed stuffed bun) HSK 1
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori HSK 1
一大早 一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day HSK 1
路口 路口 lù kǒu crossing; intersection (of roads) HSK 1
放假 放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation HSK 1