Yi Yi

Yi Yi 2000

一一 yīyī

A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

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3.94 Beginner Director Edward Yang IMDb 8.1

Cast

Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen N.J. Issey Ogata Issey Ogata Mr. Ota Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Min-Min Kelly Lee Kelly Lee Ting-Ting Jonathan Chang Jonathan Chang Yang-Yang Chen Hsi-sheng Chen Hsi-sheng A-Di Su-Yun Ko Su-Yun Ko Sherry Chang-Breitner Michael Tao Michael Tao Dada Suzanne Shu-shen Hsiao Suzanne Shu-shen Hsiao Xiao-Yan Adriene Lin Adriene Lin Lili

Vocabulary

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把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
天下太平 天下太平 tiān xià tài píng the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 2
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
姐夫 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
芝加哥 芝加哥 Zhī jiā gē Chicago, USA Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
新店 新店 Xīn diàn Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
全省 全省 quán shěng the whole province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
本市 本市 běn shì this city; our city Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
难得一见 難得一見 nán dé yī jiàn rarely seen ∼HSK 2
如果说 如果說 rú guǒ shuō if; if one were to say ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
云云 云云 yún yún and so on; so and so; many and confused ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
玩意 玩意 wán yì toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
过得 過得 guò dé How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
见好就收 見好就收 jiàn hǎo jiù shōu (idiom) to quit while one is ahead; to know when to stop ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
鞋子 鞋子 xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
用完 用完 yòng wán used up; finished ∼HSK 2
我靠 我靠 wǒ kào bosh!; crap!; see also ∼HSK 2
雪茄 雪茄 xuě jiā cigar (loanword) ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
没有关系 沒有關係 méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
留话 留話 liú huà to leave word; to leave a message ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
算老几 算老幾 suàn lǎo jǐ just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
平交道 平交道 píng jiāo dào level crossing ∼HSK 2