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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担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
缺钱 缺錢 quē qián shortage of money Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
念想 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of; aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about; (coll.) keepsake; memento; (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief; village head Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村里 村裡 cūn lǐ village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村子 村子 cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村上 村上 Cūn shàng Murakami (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
大叔 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) ∼HSK 3
春夏秋冬 春夏秋冬 chūn xià qiū dōng the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
万物 萬物 wàn wù all things; all that exists ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
春风 春風 chūn fēng spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair ∼HSK 3
邻 鄰 lín neighbor; neighborhood ∼HSK 3
有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
走光 走光 zǒu guāng to expose oneself; to be completely gone ∼HSK 3
做活 做活 zuò huó to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go ∼HSK 3
死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death; posthumous ∼HSK 3
提亲 提親 tí qīn to propose marriage ∼HSK 3
这类 這類 zhè lèi this kind (of) ∼HSK 3
乱吃 亂吃 luàn chī to eat indiscriminately ∼HSK 3
太阳光 太陽光 tài yáng guāng sunlight ∼HSK 3
真香 真香 zhēn xiāng awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
右派 右派 yòu pài (political) right; right wing; rightist ∼HSK 3
上马 上馬 shàng mǎ to get on a horse; to mount ∼HSK 3
气血 氣血 qì xuè qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 3
相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other ∼HSK 3
点烟 點煙 diǎn yān to light a cigarette ∼HSK 3
赶来 趕來 gǎn lái to rush over ∼HSK 3
开春 開春 kāi chūn beginning of spring; the lunar New Year ∼HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
暖和 暖和 nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
吵架 吵架 chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3
家乡 家鄉 jiā xiāng hometown; native place HSK 3
生长 生長 shēng zhǎng to grow; to grow up; to be brought up HSK 3
夏 夏 xià summer HSK 3
农民 農民 nóng mín peasant; farmer HSK 3
去世 去世 qù shì to pass away; to die HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
年纪 年紀 nián jì age HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
上升 上升 shàng shēng to rise; to go up; to ascend HSK 3