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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鬼子 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders); (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip ∼HSK 5
剁 剁 duò chop by pounding, mince, hash ∼HSK 5
总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations ∼HSK 5
糠 穅 kāng chaff, bran, husks; poor ∼HSK 5
橼 櫞 yuán citrus ∼HSK 5
石榴子 石榴子 shí liu zǐ pomegranate seeds; pomegranate arils ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
殿 殿 diàn palace hall ∼HSK 5
哈哈笑 哈哈笑 hā hā xiào to laugh out loud ∼HSK 5
舀 舀 yǎo dip, ladle; ladle ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
纺 紡 fǎng spin, reel, weave; reeled pongee ∼HSK 5
风尘 風塵 fēng chén windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution ∼HSK 5
尘 塵 chén dust; dirt; earth ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
青草 青草 qīng cǎo grass ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
匀 勻 yún even, distribute ∼HSK 5
心疼 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed HSK 5
雨水 雨水 Yǔ shuǐ Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 19th February-5th March HSK 5
不得了 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck; male prostitute (slang) HSK 5
煤 煤 méi coal HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
沟 溝 gōu ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine HSK 5
盆 盆 pén basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
乡 鄉 xiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) HSK 5
脚步 腳步 jiǎo bù footstep; step HSK 5
人间 人間 rén jiān the human world; the earth HSK 5
闲 閒 xián idle; unoccupied; leisure HSK 5
暖 㬉 nuǎn warm; to warm HSK 5
锅 鍋 guō pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing HSK 5
夹 夾 jiā to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] HSK 5
搜 搜 sōu to search HSK 5
虎 虎 hǔ tiger HSK 5
艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult; hard; challenging HSK 5
尝 嘗 cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
剪 剪 jiǎn scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate HSK 5
青 青 Qīng abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province HSK 5
瘦 瘦 shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
剩 剩 shèng to remain; to be left; to have as remainder HSK 5
礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
躲 躲 duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
可怜 可憐 kě lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5