To Live

To Live 1994

活着 huózhe

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

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4.06 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 87%

Cast

Ge You Ge You Xu Fugui Gong Li Gong Li Xu Jiazhen Niu Ben Niu Ben Town Chief Guo Tao Guo Tao Chunsheng Jiang Wu Jiang Wu Wan Erxi Ni Dahong Ni Dahong Long'er Liu Tianchi Liu Tianchi Xu Fengxia Zhang Lu Zhang Lu Young Fengxia Dong Fei Dong Fei Xu Youqing Huang Zongluo Huang Zongluo Fugui's Dad

Vocabulary

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天大地大 天大地大 tiān dà dì dà lit. as great as heaven and earth (idiom); fig. boundless; immense; supremely important Idiom ∼HSK 7
胡思乱想 胡思亂想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild Idiom HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
改日 改日 gǎi rì another day; some other day HSK 7
沏 沏 qī to steep (tea) HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
折合 折合 zhé hé to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to HSK 7
恩情 恩情 ēn qíng kindness; affection; grace; favor HSK 7
佐料 佐料 zuǒ liào condiments; seasoning HSK 7
志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit HSK 7
阎王 閻王 Yán wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person HSK 7
心病 心病 xīn bìng anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine) HSK 7
姥爷 姥爺 lǎo ye maternal grandfather (dialectal) HSK 7
污蔑 污衊 wū miè to slander; to smear; to tarnish HSK 7
立功 立功 lì gōng to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 朽); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself HSK 7
怠慢 怠慢 dài màn to slight; to neglect HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
难处 難處 nán chu trouble; difficulty; problem HSK 7
存心 存心 cún xīn deliberately HSK 7
瘸 瘸 qué lame HSK 7
历时 歷時 lì shí to last; to take (time); period; diachronic HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
本钱 本錢 běn qián capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth) HSK 7
界线 界線 jiè xiàn limits; bounds; dividing line HSK 7
社论 社論 shè lùn editorial (in a newspaper) HSK 7
不解 不解 bù jiě to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble HSK 7
先天 先天 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 后天 [hòu tiān]); inborn; innate; natural HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
存折 存摺 cún zhé passbook; bankbook HSK 7
梯子 梯子 tī zi ladder; stepladder HSK 7
少有 少有 shǎo yǒu rare; infrequent HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
敬礼 敬禮 jìng lǐ to salute; salute HSK 7
鞠躬 鞠躬 jū gōng to bow; (literary) to bend down HSK 7
简易 簡易 jiǎn yì simple and easy; simplistic; simplicity HSK 7
大意 大意 dà yì general idea; main idea HSK 7
津贴 津貼 jīn tiē allowance HSK 7
惦记 惦記 diàn jì to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about HSK 7
镶 鑲 xiāng to inlay; to embed; ridge; border HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
人道 人道 rén dào human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse HSK 7
干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre; official; officer; manager HSK 7