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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逃奔 逃奔 táo bèn to run away to; to flee ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
算命 算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling; to tell fortune ∼HSK 6
公审 公審 gōng shěn public trial (in a court of law) ∼HSK 6
恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant ∼HSK 6
验明正身 驗明正身 yàn míng zhèng shēn to identify; to verify sb's identity; identification ∼HSK 6
刑场 刑場 xíng chǎng execution ground ∼HSK 6
镜框 鏡框 jìng kuàng picture frame; spectacle frame ∼HSK 6
年产 年產 nián chǎn annual production ∼HSK 6
高炉 高爐 gāo lú blast furnace ∼HSK 6
不分昼夜 不分晝夜 bù fēn zhòu yè day and night; round-the-clock ∼HSK 6
铁丝 鐵絲 tiě sī iron wire; subway enthusiast; railway enthusiast ∼HSK 6
顾家 顧家 gù jiā to take care of one's family ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
庆功 慶功 qìng gōng to celebrate a heroic deed ∼HSK 6
茅坑 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit; latrine ∼HSK 6
吉普车 吉普車 jí pǔ chē jeep (military vehicle) (loanword) ∼HSK 6
塌下 塌下 tā xià to collapse ∼HSK 6
帝王将相 帝王將相 dì wáng jiòn xiàng emperors, kings, generals and ministers (idiom); the ruling and ruling elite, the powerful and noble ∼HSK 6
粉刷 粉刷 fěn shuā to paint; to whitewash; emulsion; plaster ∼HSK 6
澡堂 澡堂 zǎo táng public baths ∼HSK 6
命苦 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star ∼HSK 6
揪出 揪出 jiū chū to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) ∼HSK 6
划清 劃清 huà qīng to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly ∼HSK 6
当权派 當權派 dāng quán pài persons or faction in authority ∼HSK 6
嚷嚷 嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6
夺权 奪權 duó quán to seize power ∼HSK 6
批斗 批鬥 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution) ∼HSK 6
顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food) ∼HSK 6
勾人 勾人 gōu rén sexy; seductive ∼HSK 6
聋哑 聾啞 lóng yǎ deaf and dumb HSK 6
霞 霞 xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset HSK 6
狠心 狠心 hěn xīn callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) HSK 6
馒头 饅頭 mán tou steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread HSK 6
反动 反動 fǎn dòng reaction; reactionary HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
老乡 老鄉 lǎo xiāng fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown HSK 6
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] HSK 6
觉悟 覺悟 jué wù to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) HSK 6
母子 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest HSK 6
镇压 鎮壓 zhèn yā suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell HSK 6
吉利 吉利 Jí lì Geely, Chinese car make HSK 6
一路上 一路上 yī lù shàng along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
氧气 氧氣 yǎng qì oxygen HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
醋 醋 cù vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry) HSK 6
往后 往後 wǎng hòu from now on; in the future; time to come HSK 6
壶 壺 hú pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6