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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实心实意 實心實意 shí xīn shí yì with all one's heart; wholehearted and sincere; in good faith (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
织布 織布 zhī bù woven cloth; to weave cloth ∼HSK 6
织布机 織布機 zhī bù jī loom ∼HSK 6
长幼尊卑 長幼尊卑 zhǎng yòu zūn bēi the old and young, the noble and humble (idiom); the hierarchy of seniority and rank ∼HSK 6
风霜 風霜 fēng shuāng wind and frost; fig. hardships ∼HSK 6
葱油饼 蔥油餅 cōng yóu bǐng scallion pancake ∼HSK 6
张罗 張羅 zhāng luo to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc) ∼HSK 6
安葬 安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) ∼HSK 6
长见识 長見識 zhǎng jiàn shi to gain knowledge and experience ∼HSK 6
葱花 蔥花 cōng huā chopped green onions ∼HSK 6
蒸饺 蒸餃 zhēng jiǎo steamed dumpling ∼HSK 6
棉袄 棉襖 mián ǎo cotton-padded jacket ∼HSK 6
耕田 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil; to till fields ∼HSK 6
勃勃 勃勃 bó bó thriving; vigorous; exuberant ∼HSK 6
转制 轉製 zhuǎn zhì to convert; to reprocess; to turn (sth) into ∼HSK 6
木料 木料 mù liào lumber; timber ∼HSK 6
闹轰轰 鬧轟轟 nào hōng hōng variant of ∼HSK 6
铺炕 鋪炕 pū kàng to make a bed; to lay bedding ∼HSK 6
打井 打井 dǎ jǐng to dig a well ∼HSK 6
邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air; aura of wickedness; (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite:, vital energy) ∼HSK 6
上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube ∼HSK 6
不识字 不識字 bù shí zì illiterate ∼HSK 6
梳妆 梳妝 shū zhuāng to dress and groom oneself ∼HSK 6
门框 門框 mén kuàng door frame ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
炒鸡蛋 炒雞蛋 chǎo jī dàn scrambled eggs ∼HSK 6
虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM); the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself ∼HSK 6
淤滞 淤滯 yū zhì silted up; obstructed by silt; variant of ∼HSK 6
照理 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to ∼HSK 6
喳喳 喳喳 chā chā (onom.) whisper ∼HSK 6
杠子 槓子 gàng zi thick bar; solid carrying pole ∼HSK 6
老嫂子 老嫂子 lǎo sǎo zǐ older sister-in-law (familiar) ∼HSK 6
积攒 積攢 jī zǎn to save bit by bit; to accumulate ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
剧终 劇終 jù zhōng The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) ∼HSK 6
好学 好學 hǎo xué easy to learn HSK 6
两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise HSK 6
馒头 饅頭 mán tou steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
播种 播種 bō zhǒng to sow seeds HSK 6
识字 識字 shí zì to learn to read HSK 6
母子 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest HSK 6
自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water; tap water HSK 6
吉利 吉利 Jí lì Geely, Chinese car make HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
一代 一代 yī dài generation HSK 6
凡是 凡是 fán shì each and every; every; all; any HSK 6
心愿 心願 xīn yuàn cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration HSK 6