The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die 1985

童年往事 tóngnián wǎngshì

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.

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Cast

Yu An-shun Yu An-shun Ah Ha / Ah Hsiao Tien Feng Tien Feng Hou Fen Ming Mei Fang Mei Fang Ming's Wife Tang Ru-Yun Tang Ru-Yun Ming's Mother Hsin Shu-Fen Hsin Shu-Fen Wu Shumei Hsiao Ai Hsiao Ai Hsiao's Sister Ng Siu-Ying Grace Chen Grace Chen Hu Hsiang-Ping Lam Shung-Man

Vocabulary

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有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
田鸡 田雞 tián jī frog; the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) ∼HSK 6
洋钱 洋錢 yáng qián foreign money; flat silver (former coinage); also written 銀元|银元 ∼HSK 6
粉笔 粉筆 fěn bǐ chalk ∼HSK 6
守灵 守靈 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin ∼HSK 6
督学 督學 dū xué school inspector ∼HSK 6
气喘 氣喘 qì chuǎn to gasp for breath; asthma ∼HSK 6
砖头 磚頭 zhuān tou brick ∼HSK 6
喝采 喝采 hè cǎi to acclaim; to cheer ∼HSK 6
成仁 成仁 chéng rén to die for a good cause ∼HSK 6
拖车 拖車 tuō chē to tow; towed vehicle; towing vehicle ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
反攻 反攻 fǎn gōng to counterattack; a counteroffensive ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
针头线尾 針頭線尾 zhēn tóu xiàn wěi needles and thread ends (idiom); trifling household items; odds and ends ∼HSK 6
炼钢 煉鋼 liàn gāng to make steel; steelmaking ∼HSK 6
废铁 廢鐵 fèi tiě scrap iron ∼HSK 6
宪兵 憲兵 xiàn bīng military police ∼HSK 6
脚踏 腳踏 jiǎo tà pedal ∼HSK 6
祠堂 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
跌打损伤 跌打損傷 diē dǎ sǔn shāng injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc ∼HSK 6
祖母 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water; tap water HSK 6
光辉 光輝 guāng huī radiance; glory; brilliant; magnificent HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
热水 熱水 rè shuǐ hot water HSK 6
拿走 拿走 ná zǒu to take away HSK 6
捉 捉 zhuō to clutch; to grab; to capture HSK 6
同胞 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot HSK 6
飞行员 飛行員 fēi xíng yuán pilot; aviator HSK 6
晓得 曉得 xiǎo de to know HSK 6
空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force HSK 6
刚好 剛好 gāng hǎo just; exactly; to happen to be HSK 6
跌 跌 diē to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] HSK 6
摩托车 摩托車 mó tuō chē (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle HSK 6
沿着 沿著 yán zhe to go along; to follow HSK 6
作战 作戰 zuò zhàn combat; to fight HSK 6
田 田 tián field; farm HSK 6
牺牲 犧牲 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice HSK 6
埋 埋 mái to bury HSK 6
料 料 liào material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess HSK 6
除 除 chú to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including HSK 6
疾病 疾病 jí bìng disease; sickness; ailment HSK 6
炒 炒 chǎo to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) HSK 6
赚 賺 zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
部队 部隊 bù duì army; armed forces; troops; force; unit HSK 6
最佳 最佳 zuì jiā optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc) HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6