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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| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 申请 申請 | to apply for sth; application form | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 政治 政治 | politics; political | |
| 地址 地址 | address | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 总统 總統 | president (of a country) | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 局 侷 | narrow | |
| 治疗 治療 | to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 对于 對於 | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 光明正大 光明正大 | (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open | Idiom |
| 心平气和 心平氣和 | tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress | Idiom |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 送死 送死 | to throw away one's life | Xiehouyu |
| 土包子 土包子 | country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound | Xiehouyu |
| 铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 | secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) | Xiehouyu |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 带种 帶種 | (coll.) to have character; to have guts; plucky | Colloquialism |
| 老美 老美 | (coll.) an American; person from the United States | Colloquialism |