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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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cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
guǎn to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
shì chǎng marketplace; market (also in abstract) HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
gèng jiā more (than sth else); even more HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
duì fāng the other person; the other side; the other party HSK 3
chǎn shēng to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate HSK 3
guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
guān zhù to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
běn basic; fundamental; main; elementary HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
guà to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) HSK 3
jīng experience; to experience; to go through HSK 3
zhí de to be worth; to deserve HSK 3
shǔ to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3
each; every HSK 3
mén department; branch; section; division HSK 3
tóng to agree; to consent; to approve HSK 3
pressure HSK 3
miàn duì to face; to confront HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
xìng happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
zhì shǎo at least; (to say the) least HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
xìng nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence HSK 3
shè to design; to plan; design; plan HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
céng jīng once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 3
tái desk; table; counter HSK 3
àn to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3