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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不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
就正 就正 jiù zhèng (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing) ∼HSK 1
十三 十三 shí sān thirteen; 13 ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
洗衣 洗衣 xǐ yī laundry ∼HSK 1
打天下 打天下 dǎ tiān xià to seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business; to carve out a career for oneself ∼HSK 1
小本 小本 xiǎo běn small capital; on a shoestring ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
不一 不一 bù yī to vary; to differ ∼HSK 1
白日 白日 bái rì daytime; sun; time ∼HSK 1
山歌 山歌 shān gē folk song; mountain song ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
好走 好走 hǎo zǒu bon voyage; Godspeed ∼HSK 1
天明 天明 tiān míng dawn; daybreak ∼HSK 1
上好 上好 shàng hǎo first-rate; top-notch ∼HSK 1
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife ∼HSK 1
北边 北邊 běi biān north; north side; northern part; to the north of HSK 1
南边 南邊 nán bian south; south side; southern part; to the south of HSK 1
忘不了 忘不了 wàng bù liǎo cannot forget ∼HSK 1
过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along ∼HSK 1
渴 渴 kě thirsty HSK 1
老人家 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
一点儿 一點兒 yī diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
听见 聽見 tīng jiàn to hear HSK 1
唱歌 唱歌 chàng gē to sing a song HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
工人 工人 gōng rén worker HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
雨 雨 yǔ rain HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
路上 路上 lù shang on the road; on a journey; road surface HSK 1
一半 一半 yī bàn half HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
树 樹 shù tree; to cultivate; to set up HSK 1
饿 餓 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
八 八 bā eight; 8 HSK 1
洗 洗 xǐ to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
累 累 lěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
风 風 fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
记 記 jì to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots HSK 1
常 常 cháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1