Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree 2010

山楂树之恋 shān chá shù zhī liàn

The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.

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3.75 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou IMDb 7.1

Cast

Zhou Dongyu Zhou Dongyu Jing Shawn Dou Shawn Dou Sun Xi Meijuan Xi Meijuan Jing's Mother Li Xuejian Li Xuejian Mr.Zhang Cheng Taishen Cheng Taishen Mr.Luo Sa Rina Sa Rina Auntie Lü Liping Lü Liping Wei's Mother Jiang Ruijia Jiang Ruijia Wei Yu Xinbo Yu Xinbo Lin Yi Xinyun Yi Xinyun Fang

Vocabulary

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让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
大不了 大不了 dà bù liǎo at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
好听 好聽 hǎo tīng pleasant to hear Xiehouyu HSK 1
好看 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
有病 有病 yǒu bìng to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小弟弟 小弟弟 xiǎo dì di little brother; little boy; (coll.) penis Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块儿 一塊兒 yī kuài r erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar Colloquialism HSK 1
奶奶 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
苏联 蘇聯 Sū lián Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
四月 四月 Sì yuè April; fourth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
里人 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
新教 新教 Xīn jiào Protestantism Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
山楂 山楂 shān zhā Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida) ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
欢 歡 huān happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1