Yi Yi

Yi Yi 2000

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

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jīng already HSK 2
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
shí lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail Idiom ∼HSK 1
duō shì meddlesome; eventful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
kuài unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
méi méi xiǎo impolite; cheeky; impudent Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
méi guān xi it doesn't matter Xiehouyu HSK 1
duì bu I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
gān (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield Xiehouyu HSK 1
huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
duì duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shàng chuáng to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shǎo lái refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it! Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
(coll.) man in power; boss; authority; expert Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
(coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zuì hǎo shì (as a complete expression, or followed by) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tái wān variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
西 西 mén dīng Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tiān děng Tiandeng county in Chongzuo, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Běi Peking University Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shuō zhēn de to tell the truth; honestly; in fact ∼HSK 1
shuō lái Say ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1