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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| 信件 信件 | letter (sent by mail) | |
| 得罪 得罪 | to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 罪 | |
| 削 削 | to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc) | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 判处 判處 | to sentence; to condemn | |
| 不适 不適 | unwell; indisposed; out of sorts | |
| 弹性 彈性 | flexibility; elasticity | |
| 前任 前任 | predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc) | |
| 好心 好心 | kindness; good intentions | |
| 扒 扒 | to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig | |
| 遮 遮 | to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal | |
| 懒得 懶得 | not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to | |
| 俊 㑺 | smart; eminent; handsome; talented | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 排斥 排斥 | to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel | |
| 良 良 | good; very; very much | |
| 和解 和解 | to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled | |
| 把手 把手 | to shake hands | |
| 界限 界限 | boundary | |
| 要命 要命 | to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance | |
| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | |
| 停电 停電 | to have a power failure; power cut | |
| 浇 澆 | to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold | |
| 棋 棊 | chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; chess piece | |
| 职员 職員 | office worker; staff member | |
| 安定 安定 | Anting township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan | |
| 痒 癢 | to itch; to tickle | |
| 胃口 胃口 | appetite; liking | |
| 掩护 掩護 | to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover | |
| 诊所 診所 | clinic | |
| 丢掉 丟掉 | to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away | |
| 编号 編號 | to number; numbering; serial number | |
| 腔 腔 | (bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) | |
| 关节 關節 | joint (physiology); key point; critical phase | |
| 盛 盛 | to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 榜样 榜樣 | example; model | |
| 公车 公車 | bus; abbr. for 公共汽车; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公务用车 | |
| 害羞 害羞 | shy; embarrassed; bashful | |
| 说谎 說謊 | to lie; to tell an untruth | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 恶意 惡意 | malice; evil intention | |
| 兜 兜 | pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) | |
| 摊 攤 | to spread out; vendor's stand | |
| 憋 憋 | to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) | |
| 花样 花樣 | pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) | |
| 乐园 樂園 | paradise | |
| 出卖 出賣 | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel |