What Time Is It There?

What Time Is It There? 2001

biān 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%

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Vocabulary

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jiē dào to receive (letter etc) HSK 2
liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level HSK 2
xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
guó international HSK 2
guàn habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to HSK 2
tōng zhī to notify; to inform; notice; notification HSK 2
fish HSK 2
pái a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc HSK 2
fāng xiàng direction; orientation HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
nòng to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with HSK 2
chī mythical beast (archaic) HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
jīng guò to pass; to go through; process; course HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago HSK 2
yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
dài lái to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce HSK 2
dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
duàn paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc HSK 2
gǒu dog HSK 2
perhaps; maybe HSK 2
mài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt HSK 2
surname Zu HSK 2
piān disk; sheet HSK 2
jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
bié unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular HSK 2
biàn to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
tóng different; distinct; not the same; not alike HSK 2
gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
cuò correct; right; not bad; pretty good HSK 2