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.

HSK 1

4.06 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 87%

Cast

Ge You Xu Fugui

Gong Li Xu Jiazhen

Niu Ben Town Chief

Guo Tao Chunsheng

Jiang Wu Wan Erxi

Ni Dahong Long'er

Liu Tianchi Xu Fengxia

Zhang Lu Young Fengxia

Dong Fei Xu Youqing

Huang Zongluo Fugui's Dad

Vocabulary

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感染感染 gǎn rǎn	to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence	HSK 7
不知不知 bù zhī	not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)	HSK 7
文文 wén	language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67	HSK 7
同志同志 tóng zhì	comrade; (slang) homosexual	HSK 7
哦哦 é	to chant	HSK 7
兵荒马乱兵荒馬亂 bīng huāng mǎ luàn	soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war	Idiom ∼HSK 6
兵败如山倒兵敗如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo	troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse	Idiom ∼HSK 6
才子佳人才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén	lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom); fig. pair of ideal lovers	Idiom ∼HSK 6
乘风破浪乘風破浪 chéng fēng pò làng	to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions	Idiom ∼HSK 6
野种野種 yě zhǒng	(derog.) illegitimate child; bastard	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
后继有人後繼有人 hòu jì yǒu rén	(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成不成 bù chéng	won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?	Xiehouyu HSK 6
瘸子瘸子 qué zi	lame person (colloquial)	Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
老娘老孃 lǎo niáng	my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife	Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
撑死撐死 chēng sǐ	full to the point of bursting; (coll.) at most	Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
兴许興許 xīng xǔ	(coll.) perhaps	Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
甭管甭管 béng guǎn	(coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc)	Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算就算 jiù suàn	(coll.) even if	Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛嘛 má	used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what?	Colloquialism HSK 6
指着指著 zhǐzhe	Poke	HSK 6
有没有有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu	(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?	HSK 6
我儿我兒 wǒ rén	my child	∼HSK 6
炼钢煉鋼 liàn gāng	to make steel; steelmaking	∼HSK 6
班主班主 bān zhǔ	leader of a theatrical troupe	∼HSK 6
打炮打炮 dǎ pào	to open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut; (slang) to have sex; to masturbate	∼HSK 6
惹事惹事 rě shì	to cause trouble	∼HSK 6
产妇產婦 chǎn fù	woman recuperating after childbirth; woman in childbirth	∼HSK 6
别理別理 bié lǐ	don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to	∼HSK 6
自古以来自古以來 zì gǔ yǐ lái	since ancient times	∼HSK 6
娘的孃的 niáng de	same as	∼HSK 6
稀客稀客 xī kè	infrequent visitor	∼HSK 6
他娘的他孃的 tā niáng de	same as	∼HSK 6
冲锋衝鋒 chōng fēng	to charge; to assault; assault	∼HSK 6
搅和攪和 jiǎo huo	to mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things; (fig.) to run around with (sb); to get involved with; to mix (with other people)	∼HSK 6
砸坏砸壞 zá huài	to smash; to shatter	∼HSK 6
添麻烦添麻煩 tiān má fan	to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience	∼HSK 6
有界有界 yǒu jiè	bounded	∼HSK 6
妇产科婦產科 fù chǎn kē	department of gynecology and obstetrics; birth clinic	∼HSK 6
哑巴啞巴 yǎ ba	a mute; mute; silent	∼HSK 6
大清早大清早 dà qīng zǎo	early in the morning	∼HSK 6
清福清福 qīng fú	carefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)	∼HSK 6
欠债欠債 qiàn zhài	to owe a debt; the sum owed	∼HSK 6
画押畫押 huà yā	to sign; to make one's mark	∼HSK 6
赌钱賭錢 dǔ qián	to gamble	∼HSK 6
娘家孃家 niáng jiā	wife's family (before marriage)	∼HSK 6
溃败潰敗 kuì bài	to be utterly defeated; to be routed	∼HSK 6
优待優待 yōu dài	preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment	∼HSK 6
番号番號 fān hào	number of military unit	∼HSK 6
一个样一個樣 yī ge yàng	the same; of the same type	∼HSK 6
速速速速 sù sù	quickly	∼HSK 6