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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宣布 宣佈 xuān bù to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
胜利 勝利 shèng lì victory HSK 3
架 架 jià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc HSK 3
追 追 zhuī to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously HSK 3
上面 上面 shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
久 久 jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
母亲 母親 mǔ qīn mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] HSK 3
结婚 結婚 jié hūn to marry; to get married HSK 3
步 步 bù a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
敢 敢 gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
下去 下去 xià qù to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
父亲 父親 fù qīn father; also pr. [fù qin] HSK 3
约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3
伤 傷 shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
台 檯 tái platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines HSK 3
突然 突然 tū rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
双 雙 shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) HSK 3
精神 精神 jīng shén spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist HSK 3
下来 下來 xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior HSK 3
消息 消息 xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
部 部 bù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
咖哩 咖哩 kā lǐ (Tw) (loanword) curry; colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
重庆 重慶 Chóng qìng Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
听得懂 聽得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
科长 科長 kē zhǎng section chief ∼HSK 2