Wolf Totem

Wolf Totem 2015

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In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

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3.92 Beginner Director Jean-Jacques Annaud 🍅 67%

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滿 mǎn shān biàn covering the whole land; over hills and dales Idiom ∼HSK 6
wǎng jìn lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go Idiom ∼HSK 6
xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
bāo to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
láng zǎi wolf cub ∼HSK 6
qīng méi penicillin ∼HSK 6
měng bāo yurt ∼HSK 6
rén my child ∼HSK 6
shí to prey on; to catch and feed on; to hunt for food ∼HSK 6
liè to catch (wild animals); to hunt ∼HSK 6
rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6
hǎo yàng de (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage ∼HSK 6
zhǐ decree ∼HSK 6
jìng disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) ∼HSK 6
la leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana, worn in northeastern China during winter ∼HSK 6
jìng wèi to revere ∼HSK 6
téng totem (loanword) ∼HSK 6
chí chěng to gallop; to rush headlong ∼HSK 6
huāng yuán wasteland ∼HSK 6
jiǎo dēng pedal ∼HSK 6
pàn mìng to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it ∼HSK 6
tuán jié zhì to unite as one ∼HSK 6
làn shā willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom) ∼HSK 6
huì gōng to attack jointly ∼HSK 6
greatest; most important ∼HSK 6
饿 ái è to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished ∼HSK 6
nóng gēng farming; agriculture ∼HSK 6
láng hái wolf child; human child raised by wolves (in legends) ∼HSK 6
cán zhā remainder; filtered out residue; sediment; waste product; debris; detritus; rubbish ∼HSK 6
shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight; electric hand torch ∼HSK 6
qiào gùn crowbar ∼HSK 6
yáng to raise sheep; shepherd ∼HSK 6
rén mín gōng the enemy of the people; the class enemy (Marxism) ∼HSK 6
tiān bestowed by heaven ∼HSK 6
zuì nán táo 罪: crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship · 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 逃: escape, flee; abscond, dodge ∼HSK 6
dài unremitting in one's efforts ∼HSK 6
shàn zhí shǒu to abscond; to be absent without leave ∼HSK 6
to provoke anger ∼HSK 6
zuì guo sin; offense ∼HSK 6
ān zàng to bury (the dead) ∼HSK 6
hu viscous; gooey; sticky; indistinct; thick congee; porridge ∼HSK 6
méng shòu to suffer; to sustain (loss) ∼HSK 6
jìn close range ∼HSK 6
yáng quǎn sheepdog ∼HSK 6
shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) ∼HSK 6
zhòng tián to farm; farming ∼HSK 6