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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同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
如火如荼 如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú like wildfire (idiom); unstoppable Idiom ∼HSK 6
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
大有作为 大有作為 dà yǒu zuò wéi to accomplish much; to have good prospects; to have a promising future Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
兴许 興許 xīng xǔ (coll.) perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
溜号 溜號 liū hào (coll.) to slink off Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle pe ∼HSK 6
浇灌 澆灌 jiāo guàn to water; to irrigate ∼HSK 6
清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze; fig. pure and honest ∼HSK 6
旋工 鏇工 xuàn gōng lathe operator; spinning wheel worker ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
石灰 石灰 shí huī lime (calcium oxide) ∼HSK 6
嚷嚷 嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6
泡脚 泡腳 pào jiǎo to soak the feet ∼HSK 6
革命先烈 革命先烈 gé mìng xiān liè martyr to the revolution ∼HSK 6
侵略者 侵略者 qīn lüè zhě aggressors; invaders ∼HSK 6
弄清 弄清 nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
扣子 釦子 kòu zi button ∼HSK 6
文笔 文筆 wén bǐ writings; writing style ∼HSK 6
止疼片 止疼片 zhǐ téng piān painkiller; analgesic ∼HSK 6
宿命 宿命 sù mìng predestination; karma ∼HSK 6
冰棍 冰棍 bīng gùn popsicle; ice lolly ∼HSK 6
糊弄 糊弄 hù nong to fool; to deceive; to go through the motions ∼HSK 6
忧伤 憂傷 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6
踏踏实实 踏踏實實 tā tā shí shí steady; steadfast ∼HSK 6
面窝 麵窩 miàn wō Chinese doughnut ∼HSK 6
验血 驗血 yàn xiě to do a blood test; to have one's blood tested ∼HSK 6
凝血 凝血 níng xuè blood clot ∼HSK 6
风言风语 風言風語 fēng yán fēng yǔ 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 言: words, speech; speak, say · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 语: language, words; saying, expression ∼HSK 6
病理学 病理學 bìng lǐ xué pathology ∼HSK 6
抵抗力 抵抗力 dǐ kàng lì resistance; immunity ∼HSK 6
缝纫机 縫紉機 féng rèn jī sewing machine ∼HSK 6
天涯若比邻 天涯若比鄰 tiān yá ruò bǐ lín far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away ∼HSK 6
泡泡 泡泡 pào pao bubbles ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
睁眼 睜眼 zhēng yǎn to open one's eyes ∼HSK 6
鸡窝 雞窩 jī wō chicken coop ∼HSK 6
脱衣服 脫衣服 tuō yī fú undress ∼HSK 6
矿石 礦石 kuàng shí ore ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
楼道 樓道 lóu dào corridor; passageway (in storied building) HSK 6
发炎 發炎 fā yán to become inflamed; inflammation HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
墨水 墨水 mò shuǐ ink HSK 6