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A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. When life's burdens hit hard, he must confront himself and start anew.

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4.08 Intermediate Director Xu Zheng IMDb 7.1

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diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
jìng zhēng to compete; competition HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
fēn xiǎng to share (let others have some of sth good) HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
huī to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
client; customer HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
zài one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tóng abbr. of Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
shāng quān commercial district; business district Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
zhōu Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Huì ān Hoi An (in Vietnam) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhī bǎo Alipay, online payment platform Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bǎo shí jié Porsche (car company) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gòng Zigong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng rén Qing dynasty person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Měi shì American-style Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Kǒng Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Luò tuo Xiáng zi Camel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Měng Mongolian (language) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xiǎo Ono (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xià yuè next month HSK 4
Wēi xìn Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯) HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
chī huò chowhound; foodie; a good-for-nothing ∼HSK 4
Jiā good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful ∼HSK 4
dān the only son of a family; (functional programming or philosophy) monad ∼HSK 4
Xiāo look like, resemble, be like ∼HSK 4
huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
jiē dān to take a customer's order; (of a taxi driver) to accept a booking; (of a delivery rider) to accept a delivery job ∼HSK 4