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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长者 長者 zhǎng zhě an elder; a senior ∼HSK 3
张口 張口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request) ∼HSK 3
黄皮 黃皮 huáng pí wampee (Clausena lansium) ∼HSK 3
活人 活人 huó rén living person ∼HSK 3
路费 路費 lù fèi travel expenses; money for a voyage; toll ∼HSK 3
合上 合上 hé shàng to close (box, book, mouth etc) ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
叫春 叫春 jiào chūn to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat ∼HSK 3
受教 受教 shòu jiào to receive instruction; to benefit from advice ∼HSK 3
育 育 yù produce, give birth to; educate ∼HSK 3
放火 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire; to commit arson; to create a disturbance ∼HSK 3
死刑 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty; capital punishment ∼HSK 3
死死 死死 sǐ sǐ rigid; unwavering; unbendable; firm (hold on sth); tenacious ∼HSK 3
说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc); to reveal ∼HSK 3
阴阳 陰陽 yīn yáng yin and yang ∼HSK 3
把儿 把兒 bà r a handle ∼HSK 3
合眼 閤眼 hé yǎn to close one's eyes; to get to sleep ∼HSK 3
四旧 四舊 sì jiù the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution) ∼HSK 3
亲事 親事 qīn shì marriage ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
领头 領頭 lǐng tóu to take the lead; to be first to start ∼HSK 3
手巧 手巧 shǒu qiǎo to be skillful with one's hands; to be manually adroit ∼HSK 3
深海 深海 shēn hǎi deep sea ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
活下 活下 huó xià to survive ∼HSK 3
有福 有福 yǒu fú to be blessed ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
救活 救活 jiù huó to bring back to life ∼HSK 3
每月 每月 měi yuè each month ∼HSK 3
有的是 有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
工夫 工夫 gōng fū (old) laborer HSK 3
面条 麵條 miàn tiáo noodles HSK 3
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc) HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
老太太 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother HSK 3
不光 不光 bù guāng not the only one; not only HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
冬 冬 dōng winter HSK 3
设立 設立 shè lì to set up; to establish HSK 3
坚决 堅決 jiān jué firm; resolute; determined HSK 3
家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member; (family) dependent HSK 3
整整 整整 zhěng zhěng whole; full HSK 3
建设 建設 jiàn shè to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
夏 夏 xià summer HSK 3
落后 落後 luò hòu to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress HSK 3
集体 集體 jí tǐ collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group HSK 3
裤子 褲子 kù zi trousers; pants HSK 3