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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谷 穀 gǔ valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
山羊 山羊 shān yáng goat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse ∼HSK 3
成亲 成親 chéng qīn to get married ∼HSK 3
沙 沙 Shā sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated ∼HSK 3
种地 種地 zhòng dì to farm; to work the land ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
亲朋 親朋 qīn péng relatives and friends ∼HSK 3
筷 筷 kuài chopsticks ∼HSK 3
知心 知心 zhī xīn caring; intimate ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
邻 鄰 lín neighbor; neighborhood ∼HSK 3
绵羊 綿羊 mián yáng sheep ∼HSK 3
世道 世道 shì dào the ways of the world; the morals of the time ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
衣物 衣物 yī wù clothing; clothing and other personal items ∼HSK 3
做活儿 做活兒 zuò huó r erhua variant of ∼HSK 3
一总 一總 yī zǒng altogether; in all ∼HSK 3
花布 花布 huā bù printed cloth; calico ∼HSK 3
一准 一準 yī zhǔn variant of ∼HSK 3
糕 糕 gāo cakes, pastry ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
一世 一世 yī shì generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) ∼HSK 3
巧了 巧了 qiǎo le what a coincidence! ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
初一 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school HSK 3
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc) HSK 3
不光 不光 bù guāng not the only one; not only HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
发送 發送 fā sòng to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential) HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
属 屬 shǔ category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute HSK 3
年纪 年紀 nián jì age HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
批准 批准 pī zhǔn to approve; to ratify HSK 3
将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
羊 羊 yáng sheep; goat HSK 3
银 銀 yín silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency HSK 3
甜 甜 tián sweet HSK 3
缺 缺 quē deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of HSK 3
村 村 cūn village HSK 3
女子 女子 nǚ zǐ woman; female HSK 3
赶 趕 gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3