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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锋 鋒 fēng point of spear, sharp point ∼HSK 5
枪子 槍子 qiāng zǐ bullet ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
铁器 鐵器 tiě qì hardware; ironware ∼HSK 5
精子 精子 jīng zǐ sperm cell; spermatozoon ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
荫 蔭 yìn shade, shelter; protect ∼HSK 5
撞倒 撞倒 zhuàng dǎo to knock down; to knock over; to run over (sb) ∼HSK 5
吭 吭 háng throat ∼HSK 5
火盆 火盆 huǒ pén brazier; fire pan; hibachi ∼HSK 5
有眉目 有眉目 yǒu méi mù to begin to take shape; to be about to materialize ∼HSK 5
碍 礙 ài obstruct, hinder, block, deter ∼HSK 5
婆家 婆家 pó jiā husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) ∼HSK 5
瞥 瞥 piē take fleeting glance at ∼HSK 5
屋外 屋外 wū wài outdoors; outside ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
歹 歹 dǎi bad, vicious, depraved, wicked ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
大媒 大媒 dà méi matchmaker ∼HSK 5
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age; (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard; (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) ∼HSK 5
孰 孰 shú who? which? what? which one? ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
小鬼 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp ∼HSK 5
老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi older generation ∼HSK 5
帘 簾 lián flag-sign of a tavern ∼HSK 5
撩 撩 liāo lift up, raise; leave, depart ∼HSK 5
噎 噎 yē choke; hiccup ∼HSK 5
可比 可比 kě bǐ comparable ∼HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
号召 號召 hào zhào to call; to appeal HSK 5
动员 動員 dòng yuán to mobilize; mobilization HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
册 冊 cè book; booklet; classifier for books HSK 5
看成 看成 kàn chéng to regard as HSK 5
来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter; to send us a letter HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
盒子 盒子 hé zi box; case HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
鼓 皷 gǔ drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell HSK 5
打架 打架 dǎ jià to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows HSK 5
保卫 保衛 bǎo wèi to defend; to safeguard HSK 5
总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last; finally; on the whole HSK 5
上下 上下 shàng xià up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about HSK 5
献 獻 xiàn to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
挣 掙 zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5
扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
寸 寸 cùn a unit of length; inch; thumb HSK 5