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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to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
fēng kuáng crazy; frenzied; wild HSK 5
dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
kòng zhì to control HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
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
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
shòu liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Téng Tengri, the sky god in Mongolic and Turkic mythology Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Měng rén Mongol Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tiān é Swan Lake Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wén huà mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Nèi měng Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Láng téng Wolf Totem, novel by Lü Jiamin aka Jiang Rong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chéng hán Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
huá Muqali or Mukhali (1170-1223), military commander under Genghis Khan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 Siberia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Máo Zhǔ Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Barth or Barthes (name); Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French critic and semiotician Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris ∼HSK 4
end, finish, conclude; completed ∼HSK 4
rén clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority ∼HSK 4
shēng chǎn duì production team ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
jūn warhorse; cavalry horse; troops ∼HSK 4
yóu shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
táo to run out; to escape ∼HSK 4