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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开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
窑 窯 yáo kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sǎ to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
芦花 蘆花 lú huā reed catkin; reed flower HSK 7
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man; I (an old man referring to himself) HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
旱 旱 hàn drought HSK 7
来年 來年 lái nián next year; the coming year HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
扎根 扎根 zhā gēn to take root HSK 7
爱惜 愛惜 ài xī to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly HSK 7
抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money) HSK 7
牡丹 牡丹 Mǔ dan Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan HSK 7
俗话说 俗話說 sú huà shuō as the proverb says; as they say... HSK 7
伙食 伙食 huǒ shí food; meals HSK 7
辫子 辮子 biàn zi plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle HSK 7
筛 篩 shāi (bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong) HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
桨 槳 jiǎng oar; paddle HSK 7
比起 比起 bǐ qǐ compared with HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
揽 攬 lǎn to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass HSK 7
掏钱 掏錢 tāo qián to pay; to spend money; to fork out HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
女婿 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband; son-in-law HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
流水 流水 liú shuǐ running water; (business) turnover HSK 7
掺 摻 shǎn to grasp HSK 7
漂 漂 piāo to float; to drift HSK 7
操心 操心 cāo xīn to worry about HSK 7
葱 蔥 cōng scallion; green onion HSK 7
心事 心事 xīn shì a load on one's mind; worry HSK 7
包袱 包袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load; weight; burden; funny part; punchline HSK 7
人为 人為 rén wéi artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort HSK 7
弓 弓 gōng a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc) HSK 7
粪 糞 fèn manure; dung HSK 7
眉毛 眉毛 méi mao eyebrow HSK 7
值钱 值錢 zhí qián valuable; costly; expensive HSK 7
揉 揉 róu to knead; to massage; to rub HSK 7
盏 盞 zhǎn a small cup; classifier for lamps HSK 7
虽说 雖說 suī shuō though; although HSK 7
栽 栽 zāi to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down HSK 7
低下 低下 dī xià low status; lowly; to lower (one's head) HSK 7