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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不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
底 底 dǐ background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
考虑 考慮 kǎo lǜ to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
处 處 chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
不值钱 不值錢 bù zhí qián of little value Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
没救 沒救 méi jiù hopeless; incurable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
毛病 毛病 máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
赶明儿 趕明兒 gǎn míng r (coll.) some day; one of these days Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
区长 區長 qū zhǎng district chief Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
解放军 解放軍 Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒋介石 蔣介石 Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
照得 照得 zhào dé seeing that ∼HSK 3
输给 輸給 shū gěi to lose to (sb); to be outdone by ∼HSK 3
老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
牛棚 牛棚 niú péng cowshed; makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution; (baseball) bullpen ∼HSK 3
赌场 賭場 dǔ chǎng casino ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
保住 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve; to save ∼HSK 3
乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
不好受 不好受 bù hǎo shòu unpleasant; hard to take ∼HSK 3
工伤 工傷 gōng shāng industrial injury; work-related injury ∼HSK 3
全家福 全家福 quán jiā fú photograph of the entire family; hodgepodge (cookery) ∼HSK 3
乱说 亂說 luàn shuō to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks ∼HSK 3
乱动 亂動 luàn dòng to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about ∼HSK 3
大出血 大出血 dà chū xuè to hemorrhage; (fig.) to make a huge loss (in selling sth); to spend a huge sum ∼HSK 3
板眼 板眼 bǎn yǎn measure in traditional Chinese music; orderliness ∼HSK 3
源 源 yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
大烟 大煙 dà yān opium ∼HSK 3
不图 不圖 bù tú not to seek (sth); to have no expectation of (sth); (literary) unexpectedly ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
受累 受累 shòu lěi to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account) ∼HSK 3