Yellow Earth 1984
黄土地
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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Vocabulary
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| 就正 就正 | (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing) | |
| 十三 十三 | thirteen; 13 | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person | |
| 洗衣 洗衣 | laundry | |
| 打天下 打天下 | to seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business; to carve out a career for oneself | |
| 小本 小本 | small capital; on a shoestring | |
| 汉 漢 | Chinese people; Chinese language | |
| 不一 不一 | to vary; to differ | |
| 白日 白日 | daytime; sun; time | |
| 山歌 山歌 | folk song; mountain song | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 好走 好走 | bon voyage; Godspeed | |
| 天明 天明 | dawn; daybreak | |
| 上好 上好 | first-rate; top-notch | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 两口子 兩口子 | husband and wife | |
| 北边 北邊 | north; north side; northern part; to the north of | |
| 南边 南邊 | south; south side; southern part; to the south of | |
| 忘不了 忘不了 | cannot forget | |
| 过日子 過日子 | to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along | |
| 渴 渴 | thirsty | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | 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 | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 唱歌 唱歌 | to sing a song | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 工人 工人 | worker | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 树 樹 | tree; to cultivate; to set up | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell |