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乡

xiāng
HSK 5

English Meaning

country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
你一个 从县里来的稼娃(乡巴佬)
HSK 5 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“You don't belong here in this elite troupe, you country peasant.”

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看不出来啊

“What a surprise.”

“A country bumpkin from the county,”

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寻情钻眼(想尽办法)地 跑到我们省秦来了

“trying every trick to join the provincial troupe.”

《主角》 · workplace
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要以告老还乡威胁你呢
HSK 5 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“They are using retirement as political blackmail to force your hand.”

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这几个人也上了折子

“♪ Precisely into each other's hearts ♪ also submitted memorials ♪ From day to night ♪”

“♪ From day to night ♪ threatening to retire. ♪ From lively to lonely ♪”

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陛下

“♪ From the present to the past ♪ Your Majesty! [Grand Commandant Lu] [Vice Minister Yang] [Minister Gou]”

《成何体统》 · historical_and_court
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为了妹妹他主动申请下乡
HSK 5 00:02
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比如说

“For example,”

“he volunteers to go to the countryside for his sister.”

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女同志写的小说 那就得写女知青 怎么

“If it's written by a woman, then it should be about a woman. What?”

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