A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day 1991

牯岭街少年杀人事件 gǔ líng jiē shàonián shārén shìjiàn

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

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4.12 Intermediate Director Edward Yang 🍅 100%

Cast

Chang Chen Chang Chen Xiao Si'r Lisa Yang Lisa Yang Ming Chang Kuo-Chu Chang Kuo-Chu Father Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Mother Wang Chuan Wang Chuan Eldest Sister Chang Han Chang Han Elder Brother Chiang Hsiu-Chiung Chiang Hsiu-Chiung Middle Sister Stephanie Lai Youngest Sister Tan Chih-Kang Tan Chih-Kang Ma Wang Chi-tsan Wang Chi-tsan Cat

Vocabulary

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叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) ∼HSK 5
葛 葛 Gě edible bean; surname ∼HSK 5
防备 防備 fángbèi guard against ∼HSK 5
巴掌 巴掌 bā zhang palm of the hand; classifier: slap ∼HSK 5
撞死 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) ∼HSK 5
昧 昧 mèi obscure, dark; darken ∼HSK 5
陆上 陸上 lù shàng land-based; on land ∼HSK 5
胚 肧 pēi embryo; unfinished things ∼HSK 5
央 央 yāng center, conclude, run out; beg ∼HSK 5
慎 慎 shèn act with care, be cautious ∼HSK 5
舞会 舞會 wǔ huì dance; ball; party ∼HSK 5
来硬的 來硬的 lái yìng de to get tough; to use force ∼HSK 5
为所欲为 為所欲為 wéi suǒ yù wéi (idiom) to do whatever one pleases ∼HSK 5
莉 莉 lì white jasmine ∼HSK 5
谈恋爱 談戀愛 tán liàn ài to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating ∼HSK 5
乱搞男女关系 亂搞男女關係 luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì to be promiscuous; to sleep around ∼HSK 5
坦克车 坦克車 tǎn kè chē tank (armored vehicle) ∼HSK 5
手榴弹 手榴彈 shǒu liú dàn hand grenade ∼HSK 5
匪 匪 fěi bandits, robbers, gangsters ∼HSK 5
青果 青果 qīng guǒ Chinese olive (Canarium album); green unripe fruit; (Tw) fresh fruits ∼HSK 5
不可靠 不可靠 bù kě kào unreliable ∼HSK 5
冒出来 冒出來 mào chū lái to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere ∼HSK 5
丢官 丟官 diū guān (of an official) to lose one's job ∼HSK 5
幼 幼 yòu young ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
娟 娟 juān beautiful, graceful ∼HSK 5
绕过 繞過 rào guò to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc) ∼HSK 5
偷听 偷聽 tōu tīng to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly) ∼HSK 5
装傻 裝傻 zhuāng shǎ to act stupid; to pretend to be naive ∼HSK 5
硬要 硬要 yìng yào firmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action ∼HSK 5
鬼脸 鬼臉 guǐ liǎn wry face; to grimace; to pull a face; comic face; face mask; devil mask ∼HSK 5
武士刀 武士刀 wǔ shì dāo katana ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
旋 旋 xuán revolve, move in orbit; return ∼HSK 5
椿 椿 chūn father; a plant with white flowers ∼HSK 5
杀人案件 殺人案件 shā rén àn jiàn (case of, incident of) murder ∼HSK 5
纷争 紛爭 fēn zhēng to dispute ∼HSK 5
有期徒刑 有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
耀 耀 yào shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory ∼HSK 5
仁 仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
欣 欣 xīn happy, joyous, delighted ∼HSK 5
芸 芸 yì rue, herb used to keep insects away; to cut grass or weeds; art, talent, ability, craft, technique, performance, acting, trick, stunt ∼HSK 5
邵 邵 Shào surname; various place names ∼HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
廷 廷 tíng court ∼HSK 5
弘 弘 hóng enlarge, expand; liberal, great ∼HSK 5
邹 鄒 Zōu name of an ancient state; surname ∼HSK 5
辉 輝 huī brightness, luster, brilliance ∼HSK 5
汝 汝 rǔ you ∼HSK 5