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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哑 啞 yǎ mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud HSK 7
捎 捎 shāo to bring sth to sb; to deliver HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
退回 退回 tuì huí to return (an item); to send back; to go back HSK 7
当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of; in the presence of HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
活儿 活兒 huó r work; (lots of) things to do HSK 7
上任 上任 shàng rèn to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor HSK 7
帮手 幫手 bāng shǒu helper; assistant HSK 7
炼 煉 liàn to refine; to smelt HSK 7
批判 批判 pī pàn to criticize; critique HSK 7
唠叨 嘮叨 láo dao to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging HSK 7
俘虏 俘虜 fú lǔ captive HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position; front HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry; head ornament HSK 7
舅舅 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal) HSK 7
揪 揪 jiū to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7
惯 慣 guàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
资本主义 資本主義 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism HSK 7
揉 揉 róu to knead; to massage; to rub HSK 7
大片 大片 dà piàn wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
发光 發光 fā guāng to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous HSK 7
阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class HSK 7
上报 上報 shàng bào to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
收缩 收縮 shōu suō to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
打仗 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle; to go to war HSK 7
生育 生育 shēng yù to bear; to give birth; to grow; to rear; to bring up (children); fertility HSK 7
敞开 敞開 chǎng kāi to open wide; unrestrictedly HSK 7
打倒 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... ! HSK 7
饶 饒 ráo rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although HSK 7
鹅 鵝 é goose HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
碰上 碰上 pèng shàng to run into; to come upon; to meet HSK 7
社会主义 社會主義 shè huì zhǔ yì socialism HSK 7
赴 赴 fù to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) HSK 7
动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7