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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一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
座机 座機 zuò jī fixed-line phone; landline; private plane ∼HSK 2
黄包车 黃包車 huáng bāo chē rickshaw ∼HSK 2
车灯 車燈 chē dēng vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc) ∼HSK 2
闻到 聞到 wén dào to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
成份 成份 chéng fèn composition; make-up; ingredient; element; component; one's social status; same as 成分 ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
不中意 不中意 bù zhòng yì not to one's liking ∼HSK 2
做生意 做生意 zuò shēng yì to do business ∼HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
年级 年級 nián jí grade; year (in school, college etc) HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
全家 全家 quán jiā whole family HSK 2
脏 臟 zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2
拿到 拿到 ná dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
阴 陰 yīn overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
洗澡 洗澡 xǐ zǎo to bathe; to take a shower HSK 2
市长 市長 shì zhǎng mayor HSK 2
好久 好久 hǎo jiǔ quite a while HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
碰到 碰到 pèng dào to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit HSK 2
不好意思 不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
球队 球隊 qiú duì sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
出生 出生 chū shēng to be born HSK 2
味道 味道 wèi dao flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor HSK 2
背 揹 bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
纸 紙 zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
长大 長大 zhǎng dà to grow up HSK 2
怎么办 怎麼辦 zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
鸡 雞 jī fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute HSK 2
实在 實在 shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
全国 全國 quán guó whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national HSK 2
心里 心裡 xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
教育 教育 jiào yù to educate; to teach; education HSK 2
鱼 魚 yú fish HSK 2
收到 收到 shōu dào to receive HSK 2
刚才 剛才 gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
夜 亱 yè night HSK 2
省 省 shěng to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) HSK 2