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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咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
造反派 造反派 zào fǎn pài rebel faction ∼HSK 4
走资派 走資派 zǒu zī pài capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution) ∼HSK 4
烧火 燒火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking ∼HSK 4
这一阵子 這一陣子 zhè yī zhèn zi recently; currently ∼HSK 4
家底 家底 jiā dǐ family property; patrimony ∼HSK 4
肚 肚 dǔ belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
齐根 齊根 qí gēn at the base; at the root; (of a leg) just below the crutch ∼HSK 4
房产 房產 fáng chǎn real estate; the property market (e.g. houses) ∼HSK 4
结了 結了 jié le that's that; that's it; that will do ∼HSK 4
安顿 安頓 ān dùn to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful ∼HSK 4
针线 針線 zhēn xiàn needle and thread; needlework ∼HSK 4
闹翻 鬧翻 nào fān to have a falling out; to have a big argument ∼HSK 4
救急不救穷 救急不救窮 jiù jí bù jiù qióng help the starving but not the poor (idiom) ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
方圆 方圓 fāng yuán perimeter; range; (within) a radius of... ∼HSK 4
这阵儿 這陣兒 zhè zhèn r now; at present; at this juncture ∼HSK 4
要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub; major crossroad ∼HSK 4
反动派 反動派 fǎn dòng pài reactionaries ∼HSK 4
土法 土法 tǔ fǎ traditional method ∼HSK 4
公社 公社 gōng shè commune ∼HSK 4
不象话 不象話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 4
歉 歉 qiàn deficient, lacking, insufficient ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
佳 佳 Jiā good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful ∼HSK 4
酸辣汤 酸辣湯 suān là tāng hot and sour soup; sour and spicy soup ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
花圈 花圈 huā quān wreath; garland ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
翻身 翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes ∼HSK 4
航船 航船 háng chuán ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service) ∼HSK 4
烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water; to boil water ∼HSK 4
放宽 放寬 fàng kuān to relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions); to extend (a time limit); to let out (a garment); to expand; to broaden ∼HSK 4
子宫 子宮 zǐ gōng uterus; womb ∼HSK 4
吸气 吸氣 xī qì to inhale; to draw in breath ∼HSK 4
官名 官名 guān míng name of job in Imperial bureaucracy; official position ∼HSK 4
急忙 急忙 jí máng hastily HSK 4
倒车 倒車 dǎo chē to change buses, trains etc HSK 4
开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water; boiling water HSK 4
能干 能幹 néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4
果实 果實 guǒ shí fruit (produced by a plant); (fig.) fruits (of success etc); results; gains HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
相片 相片 xiàng piàn image; photograph HSK 4
表扬 表揚 biǎo yáng to praise; to commend HSK 4
食堂 食堂 shí táng dining hall; cafeteria HSK 4
使劲 使勁 shǐ jìn to exert all one's strength HSK 4
抄 抄 chāo to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms HSK 4
学术 學術 xué shù learning; science; academic HSK 4