Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree 2010

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

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Vocabulary

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shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) ∼HSK 1
hǎo huà friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
qián tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office; (old) worker; fellow worker ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
qián bian front; the front side; in front of HSK 1
zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
běn textbook HSK 1
méi shì r to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
qǐng jià to request leave of absence HSK 1
bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
yǒu míng famous; well-known HSK 1
qiú to play ball; to play with a ball HSK 1
shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
shēng bìng to fall ill HSK 1
zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither HSK 1
zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
jiě older sister HSK 1
shāng diàn store; shop HSK 1
r there HSK 1
shàng last time HSK 1
mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
shì shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
zhè r here HSK 1
bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
gān jìng clean; neat HSK 1
di younger brother HSK 1
zhī shi knowledge; intellectual HSK 1
xià next time HSK 1
zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
jìn lái to come in HSK 1
tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate HSK 1
zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
shang on the road; on a journey; road surface HSK 1
méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1