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.
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Vocabulary
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| 眼镜 眼鏡 | spectacles; eyeglasses | |
| 矮 矮 | low; short (in length) | |
| 大陆 大陸 | mainland China (reference to the PRC) | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 堵 堵 | to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls) | |
| 拍照 拍照 | to take a picture | |
| 厚 厚 | thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress | |
| 引导 引導 | to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer | |
| 假如 假如 | if | |
| 迟到 遲到 | to arrive late | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 负担 負擔 | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden | |
| 宽 寬 | wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 地面 地面 | floor; ground; surface | |
| 聚 聚 | to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize | |
| 交换 交換 | to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute | |
| 平静 平靜 | tranquil; undisturbed; serene | |
| 勇敢 勇敢 | brave; courageous | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 摸 摸 | to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract | |
| 暗 晻 | dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant | |
| 镜头 鏡頭 | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 登记 登記 | to register (one's name) | |
| 神秘 神秘 | mysterious; mystery | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 原则 原則 | principle; doctrine | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 冰 冰 | ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine | |
| 药物 藥物 | medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug | |
| 无聊 無聊 | bored; boring; senseless | |
| 色 色 | color; look; appearance; sex | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 距离 距離 | distance; to be apart from | |
| 特殊 特殊 | special; particular; unusual; extraordinary | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case |