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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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Vocabulary

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dad and mom ∼HSK 1
bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
liǎng xià twice; for a little while ∼HSK 1
zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
qián tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
jiā (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
děng děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
xiǎo mèi little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) ∼HSK 1
zuò chē to take the car, bus, train etc ∼HSK 1
gōng rén worker ∼HSK 1
duì to fight (one against one) ∼HSK 1
sòng to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) ∼HSK 1
méi yǒu shì not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening ∼HSK 1
liǎo liǎo to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with ∼HSK 1
qián tiān the day before (an event) ∼HSK 1
the way one is following; outlet ∼HSK 1
heavy rain ∼HSK 1
wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
yǒu once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1
hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
èr shí duō over 20 ∼HSK 1
pǎo chū to run out ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
(interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
zài xià underground ∼HSK 1
fifth ∼HSK 1
tiān rainy day; rainy weather ∼HSK 1
diǎn jiàn to check an amount ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
hào wài (newspaper) extra; special number (of a periodical) ∼HSK 1
níng méng chá lemon tea ∼HSK 1
zuò shǒu to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer ∼HSK 1
běn yuè this month; the current month ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
rén we ∼HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
qǐng jìn "please come in" HSK 1
zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
èr shǒu chē second-hand car ∼HSK 1
jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
hòu bian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 1
běn zi book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition HSK 1
wài bian outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home HSK 1
shū bāo schoolbag; satchel; bookbag HSK 1
fàn (cooked) rice HSK 1