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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雄鸡 雄雞 xióng jī rooster ∼HSK 5
鸟儿 鳥兒 niǎor bird ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
有劲 有勁 yǒu jìn vigorous; energetic; interesting; amusing ∼HSK 5
油饼 油餅 yóu bǐng deep-fried doughcake; oilcake (animal fodder) ∼HSK 5
惦 惦 diàn think of, remember, miss ∼HSK 5
发夹 髮夾 fà jiā hair clip ∼HSK 5
分文 分文 fēn wén a single penny; a single cent ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
舀 舀 yǎo dip, ladle; ladle ∼HSK 5
袄 襖 ǎo outer garments; coat, jacket ∼HSK 5
雁 雁 yàn wild goose ∼HSK 5
宿 㝛 sù stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight; constellation ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
闲人 閑人 xián rén variant of ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
山区 山區 shān qū mountain area HSK 5
迷信 迷信 mí xìn superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) HSK 5
高大 高大 gāo dà tall; lofty; towering HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
沟 溝 gōu ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine HSK 5
盆 盆 pén basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
脚步 腳步 jiǎo bù footstep; step HSK 5
总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last; finally; on the whole HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
一下子 一下子 yī xià zi in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
忍不住 忍不住 rěn bu zhù cannot help; unable to bear HSK 5
返回 返回 fǎn huí to return to; to come (or go) back HSK 5
暖 㬉 nuǎn warm; to warm HSK 5
冻 凍 dòng to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly HSK 5
劝 勸 quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
社 社 shè (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land HSK 5
抬 抬 tái to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry HSK 5
大事 大事 dà shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
挡 擋 dǎng to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) HSK 5
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
到来 到來 dào lái to arrive; arrival; advent HSK 5
后悔 後悔 hòu huǐ to regret; to feel remorse HSK 5
恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love; in love; to have an affair HSK 5
剩 剩 shèng to remain; to be left; to have as remainder HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
碎 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5