Yellow Earth

Yellow Earth 1984

黄土地 huángtǔ de

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.

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3.87 Beginner Director Chen Kaige 🍅 100%

Cast

Xue Bai Xue Bai Cuiqiao Wang Xueqi Wang Xueqi Gu Qing Tuo Tan The Father Quiang Liu Hanhan

Vocabulary

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一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
大路 大路 dà lù avenue ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
花轿 花轎 huā jiào bridal sedan chair ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
号子 號子 hào zi work chant; prison cell; type; sort; mark; sign; signal; (Tw) brokerage firm ∼HSK 1
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
多大 多大 duō dà how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
十四 十四 shí sì fourteen; 14 ∼HSK 1
山地 山地 shān dì mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country ∼HSK 1
人儿 人兒 rén r figurine ∼HSK 1
有水 有水 yǒu shuǐ supplied with water (of a house) ∼HSK 1
上工 上工 shàng gōng to go to work; to start work ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
轿子 轎子 jiào zi sedan chair; palanquin; litter ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
舀子 舀子 yǎo zi ladle; scoop ∼HSK 1
四下 四下 sì xià everywhere ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
上口 上口 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently; to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud ∼HSK 1
晌午 晌午 shǎng wu noon ∼HSK 1
门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
不兴 不興 bù xīng out of fashion; outmoded; impermissible; can't ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
荷包 荷包 hé bāo embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing) ∼HSK 1
对子 對子 duì zi pair of antithetical phrases; antithetical couplet ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
欢喜 歡喜 huān xǐ happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
昨晚 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
做工 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship ∼HSK 1
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1
花儿 花兒 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
放话 放話 fàng huà to give orders; to spread news or rumors; to leak certain information intentionally ∼HSK 1
犁地 犁地 lí dì to plow ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1