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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尿床 尿床 niào chuáng to wet the bed ∼HSK 6
清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze; fig. pure and honest ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
五谷 五穀 wǔ gǔ five crops, e.g. millet, soybean, sesame, barley, rice or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley ∼HSK 6
嫁女 嫁女 jià nǚ to marry off a daughter ∼HSK 6
恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
祖辈 祖輩 zǔ bèi ancestors; forefathers; ancestry ∼HSK 6
婆媳 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
光景 光景 guāng jǐng circumstances; scene; about; probably ∼HSK 6
寻思 尋思 xún sī to consider; to ponder ∼HSK 6
娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife ∼HSK 6
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people; living thing; creature ∼HSK 6
不识字 不識字 bù shí zì illiterate ∼HSK 6
门框 門框 mén kuàng door frame ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism ∼HSK 6
讨吃 討吃 tǎo chī to beg for food ∼HSK 6
发芽 發芽 fā yá to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop ∼HSK 6
不敬 不敬 bù jìng disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
种田 種田 zhòng tián to farm; farming ∼HSK 6
杨柳 楊柳 yáng liǔ willow tree; poplar and willow; name of traditional tune ∼HSK 6
蛤蟆 蛤蟆 há ma frog; toad ∼HSK 6
嚷嚷 嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
娃娃亲 娃娃親 wá wa qīn arranged betrothal of minors ∼HSK 6
长见识 長見識 zhǎng jiàn shi to gain knowledge and experience ∼HSK 6
兜兜 兜兜 dōu dou an undergarment covering chest and abdomen ∼HSK 6
不甘 不甘 bù gān unreconciled to; not resigned to; unwilling ∼HSK 6
求告 求告 qiú gào to implore; to beseech ∼HSK 6
民歌 民歌 mín gē folk song HSK 6
梢 梢 shāo tip of branch HSK 6
畔 畔 pàn (bound form) side; edge; boundary HSK 6
公鸡 公雞 gōng jī cock; rooster HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
挨打 挨打 ái dǎ to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack HSK 6
识字 識字 shí zì to learn to read HSK 6
吉利 吉利 Jí lì Geely, Chinese car make HSK 6
壶 壺 hú pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6
拐 枴 guǎi cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information HSK 6
传出 傳出 chuán chū to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) HSK 6
洋 洋 yáng ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin HSK 6
挨 挨 āi in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to HSK 6
顾 顧 gù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 6
跪 跪 guì to kneel HSK 6
看好 看好 kān hǎo to keep an eye on HSK 6
扭 扭 niǔ to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips HSK 6