A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day 1991

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%

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xìn jiàn letter (sent by mail) HSK 7
zui to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 罪 HSK 7
xiāo to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc) HSK 7
zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
pàn chǔ to sentence; to condemn HSK 7
shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
tán xìng flexibility; elasticity HSK 7
qián rèn predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc) HSK 7
hǎo xīn kindness; good intentions HSK 7
to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
zhē to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal HSK 7
lǎn not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to HSK 7
jùn smart; eminent; handsome; talented HSK 7
wèi zi place; seat HSK 7
pái chì to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel HSK 7
liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
jiě to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled HSK 7
shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
jiè xiàn boundary HSK 7
yào mìng to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance HSK 7
piān piān (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 HSK 7
tíng diàn to have a power failure; power cut HSK 7
jiāo to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold HSK 7
chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; chess piece HSK 7
zhí yuán office worker; staff member HSK 7
Ān dìng Anting township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan HSK 7
yǎng to itch; to tickle HSK 7
wèi kǒu appetite; liking HSK 7
yǎn to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover HSK 7
zhěn suǒ clinic HSK 7
diū diào to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away HSK 7
biān hào to number; numbering; serial number HSK 7
qiāng (bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) HSK 7
guān jié joint (physiology); key point; critical phase HSK 7
chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7
bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
bǎng yàng example; model HSK 7
gōng chē 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 HSK 7
hài xiū shy; embarrassed; bashful HSK 7
shuō huǎng to lie; to tell an untruth HSK 7
tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
è malice; evil intention HSK 7
dōu 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) HSK 7
tān to spread out; vendor's stand HSK 7
biē to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) HSK 7
huā yàng pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) HSK 7
yuán paradise HSK 7
chū mài to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray HSK 7
liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
shì fēi right and wrong; quarrel HSK 7