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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咱家 咱家 zá jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
头头 頭頭 tóu tóu head; chief ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
听得见 聽得見 tīng dé jiàn audible ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
长进 長進 zhǎng jìn to make progress; progress ∼HSK 2
开眼 開眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons ∼HSK 2
起身 起身 qǐ shēn to get up; to leave; to set forth ∼HSK 2
狗改不了吃屎 狗改不了吃屎 gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom); fig. bad habits are hard to change ∼HSK 2
手气 手氣 shǒu qì luck (in gambling) ∼HSK 2
到头 到頭 dào tóu to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end ∼HSK 2
接过 接過 jiē guò to take (sth proffered) ∼HSK 2
起名 起名 qǐ míng to name; to christen; to take a name ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
没脸 沒臉 méi liǎn ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame) ∼HSK 2
可人 可人 kě rén pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family; to raise a family ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
那咱 那咱 nà zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
长眼 長眼 zhǎng yǎn to have eyes; (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious ∼HSK 2
手举 手舉 shǒu jǔ a salute; hands raised ∼HSK 2
黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young virgin (boy or girl) ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
算起来 算起來 suàn qǐ lái to calculate; to estimate; in total; all told; (fig.) if you think about it ∼HSK 2
不成话 不成話 bù chéng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
加满 加滿 jiā mǎn to top up; to fill to the brim ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
全民 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
向后 向後 xiàng hòu backward ∼HSK 2
道人 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) ∼HSK 2
得看 得看 děi kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 2
上房 上房 shàng fáng central building (in a traditional house); primary wife ∼HSK 2
弄脏 弄髒 nòng zāng to make dirty; to defile; to smear ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
头等 頭等 tóu děng first class; prime; main ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
里带 裡帶 lǐ dài inner tube (of tire) ∼HSK 2