What Time Is It There?

What Time Is It There? 2001

你那边几点 nǐ nà biān jǐ diǎn

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

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3.18 Beginner Director Tsai Ming-liang 🍅 85%

Cast

Lee Kang-sheng Lee Kang-sheng Hsiao-Kang Chen Shiang-Chyi Chen Shiang-Chyi Shiang-Chyi Lu Yi-ching Lu Yi-ching Hsiao-Kang's Mother Miao Tian Miao Tian Hsiao-Kang's Father / Old Man at the Park Liao Ching-Kuo Sorcerer Tsai Chao-yi Clock Store Owner Chen Hsi-Fei Video Tapes Vendor Java Sparrow Youth-Leigh Java Sparrow Youth-Leigh Vendor's Customer Hsu Yue-Yin Sorceress Huang Kuo-Cheng Fat Boy

Vocabulary

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衰 衰 cuī decline, falter, decrease; weaken ∼HSK 5
戴孝 戴孝 dài xiào to wear mourning garb; to be in mourning ∼HSK 5
镇住 鎮住 zhèn zhù to dominate; to control; to subdue; to crush ∼HSK 5
起价 起價 qǐ jià initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer); prices starting from ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
杀生 殺生 shā shēng to take the life of a living creature ∼HSK 5
黛 黛 dài blacken eyebrows; black ∼HSK 5
葛 葛 Gě edible bean; surname ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
噱 噱 jué laugh heartily, laugh aloud ∼HSK 5
有违 有違 yǒu wéi to run counter to ∼HSK 5
神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case ∼HSK 5
烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck HSK 5
明亮 明亮 míng liàng bright; shining; glittering; to become clear HSK 5
先前 先前 xiān qián before; previously HSK 5
献 獻 xiàn to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) HSK 5
电池 電池 diàn chí battery HSK 5
靠近 靠近 kào jìn to be close to; to approach; to draw near HSK 5
摔 摔 shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
蛋糕 蛋糕 dàn gāo cake HSK 5
猜 猜 cāi to guess HSK 5
滚 滾 gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
将 將 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
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清水 清水 Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广岛 廣島 Guǎng dǎo Hiroshima, Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
故宫博物院 故宮博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
仁爱 仁愛 Rén ài Ren'ai or Jenai District of Keelung City, Taiwan; Ren'ai or Jenai Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
卢浮宫 盧浮宮 Lú fú gōng the Louvre, museum in Paris Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
再拜 再拜 zài bài to bow again; to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times); (in letters, an expression of respect) ∼HSK 4
尤 尤 Yóu especially, particularly ∼HSK 4
闪避 閃避 shǎn bì to dodge; to sidestep ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
断货 斷貨 duàn huò to run out of (stock) ∼HSK 4
温 溫 Wēn lukewarm ∼HSK 4
符咒 符咒 fú zhòu charm; amulet (religious object conferring blessing) ∼HSK 4
警匪 警匪 jǐng fěi police and criminals; (genre of fiction) crime ∼HSK 4
恋 戀 liàn love; long for, yearn for; love ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
自强 自強 zì qiáng to strive for self-improvement ∼HSK 4
掉落 掉落 diào luò to fall down ∼HSK 4
规 規 guī rules, regulations, customs, law ∼HSK 4
交通警察 交通警察 jiāo tōng jǐng chá traffic police ∼HSK 4
蔡 蔡 Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4