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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仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out HSK 5
回忆 回憶 huí yì to recall; memories HSK 5
可惜 可惜 kě xī it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
幅 幅 fú width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures HSK 5
疯 瘋 fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
早出晚归 早出晚歸 zǎo chū wǎn guī to leave early and return late (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文化大革命 文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
激 激 jī arouse, excite, incite; quickly ∼HSK 4
一年四季 一年四季 yī nián sì jì all year round ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
翻盖 翻蓋 fān gài flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate ∼HSK 4
盖房 蓋房 gài fáng to build a house ∼HSK 4
悔 悔 huǐ repent, show remorse, regret ∼HSK 4
顶棚 頂棚 dǐng péng ceiling; awning (under ceiling) ∼HSK 4
冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
自保 自保 zì bǎo to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation ∼HSK 4
惜 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
况 況 kuàng condition, situation; furthermore ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
比方说 比方說 bǐ fang shuō for example; for instance ∼HSK 4
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) ∼HSK 4
天底下 天底下 tiān dǐ xia in this world; under the sun ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
定亲 定親 dìng qīn to settle a marriage; betrothal ∼HSK 4
包饺子 包餃子 bāo jiǎo zi to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers) ∼HSK 4
为啥 為啥 wèi shá dialectal equivalent of ∼HSK 4
别无选择 別無選擇 bié wú xuǎn zé to have no other choice ∼HSK 4
寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air; a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
农夫 農夫 nóng fū peasant; farmer ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
殷切 殷切 yīn qiè ardent; eager; earnest ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
此时此刻 此時此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment ∼HSK 4
能干 能幹 néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4