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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陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
冰糖葫芦 冰糖葫蘆 bīng táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman; mayor (of small town or village); bailiff Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大跃进 大躍進 Dà yuè jìn Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛泽东思想 毛澤東思想 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天府 天府 Tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青龙 青龍 Qīng lóng Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East or; (slang) man without pubic hair Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国共内战 國共內戰 Guó - Gòng Nèi zhàn Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
猪八戒 豬八戒 Zhū Bājiè Zhu Bajie Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文化大革命 文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席语录 毛主席語錄 Máo Zhǔ xí Yǔ lù Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
红卫兵 紅衛兵 Hóng wèi bīng Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
地主 地主 dì zhǔ landlord; landowner; host ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
反革命 反革命 fǎn gé mìng counterrevolutionary ∼HSK 4
辣子 辣子 là zi cayenne pepper; chili ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
加辣 加辣 jiā là to add spice; to make it spicy ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
赏光 賞光 shǎng guāng to do sb the honor (of attending etc); to put in an appearance; to show up ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
象牙 象牙 xiàng yá ivory; elephant tusk ∼HSK 4
安生 安生 ān shēng peaceful; restful; quiet; still ∼HSK 4
共产主义 共產主義 gòng chǎn zhǔ yì communism ∼HSK 4
镜 鏡 jìng mirror; lens; glass; glasses ∼HSK 4
顶住 頂住 dǐng zhù to withstand; to stand up to ∼HSK 4