You and Me

You and Me 2006

men liǎ

Xiaoma, a young woman who has recently moved to Beijing, finds an apartment in an old courtyard apartment complex owned by Grandma, an elderly woman. Xiaoma and Grandma’s relationship almost immediately becomes strained. After trying to tidy up the courtyard, Grandma insists that Xiaoma turn over her share of the profits. Tightfisted, the elderly landlady resists even allowing Xiaoma to install a telephone. At the same time the older woman becomes increasingly interested in Xiaoma’s personal (and romantic) life. Grandma, for example, tries to pass off her grandson to the younger woman. Annoyed, Xiaoma nevertheless is flattered at the older woman’s concern. Over the course of four seasons, Xiaoma begins to learn from her landlady of the old world that the modern city of Beijing has left behind, while Grandma begins to enjoy the youth and vitality of her tenant. The two women become closer and eventually develop a deep friendship.

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3.9 Beginner Director Ma Liwen, Jiang Ming IMDb 7.5

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wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential HSK 2
yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
rèn wéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel HSK 2
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
suǒ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) HSK 2
xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
dàn shì but; however HSK 2
it HSK 2
wèn question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
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
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
xiè tiān - xiè (idiom) thank goodness Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
duì bu I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder 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
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zǒu rén (coll.) to leave; to beat it Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shì zhe (coll.) to try to Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed 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
zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
Zhōng Nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); abbr. for China-South Africa Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
cóng zǎo dào wǎn from morning till night; from dawn to dusk; all day long ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1