A Brighter Summer Day 1991
牯岭街少年杀人事件
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 偶尔 偶爾 | occasionally; once in a while; sometimes | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 糟糕 糟糕 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 靠近 靠近 | to be close to; to approach; to draw near | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 签名 簽名 | to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 插 插 | to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 主管 主管 | in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 鼓励 鼓勵 | to encourage | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 玻璃 玻璃 | glass; (slang) male homosexual | |
| 恋爱 戀愛 | (romantic) love; in love; to have an affair | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 私人 私人 | private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique | |
| 尤其 尤其 | especially; particularly | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 说法 說法 | to expound Buddhist teachings | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 真相 真相 | the truth about sth; the actual facts | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 狂 狂 | mad; wild; violent | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 打击 打擊 | to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee |