A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day 1991

牯岭街少年杀人事件 gǔ 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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信件 信件 xìn jiàn letter (sent by mail) HSK 7
得罪 得罪 dé zui to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 罪 HSK 7
削 削 xiāo to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc) HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
判处 判處 pàn chǔ to sentence; to condemn HSK 7
不适 不適 bù shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
弹性 彈性 tán xìng flexibility; elasticity HSK 7
前任 前任 qián rèn predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc) HSK 7
好心 好心 hǎo xīn kindness; good intentions HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
遮 遮 zhē to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal HSK 7
懒得 懶得 lǎn dé not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to HSK 7
俊 㑺 jùn smart; eminent; handsome; talented HSK 7
位子 位子 wèi zi place; seat HSK 7
排斥 排斥 pái chì to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel HSK 7
良 良 liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
和解 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
界限 界限 jiè xiàn boundary HSK 7
要命 要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 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
停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure; power cut HSK 7
浇 澆 jiāo to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold HSK 7
棋 棊 qí chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; chess piece HSK 7
职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker; staff member HSK 7
安定 安定 Ān dìng Anting township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan HSK 7
痒 癢 yǎng to itch; to tickle HSK 7
胃口 胃口 wèi kǒu appetite; liking HSK 7
掩护 掩護 yǎn hù to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover HSK 7
诊所 診所 zhěn suǒ clinic HSK 7
丢掉 丟掉 diū diào to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away HSK 7
编号 編號 biān hào to number; numbering; serial number HSK 7
腔 腔 qiāng (bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock) HSK 7
关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology); key point; critical phase HSK 7
盛 盛 chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng example; model HSK 7
公车 公車 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
害羞 害羞 hài xiū shy; embarrassed; bashful HSK 7
说谎 說謊 shuō huǎng to lie; to tell an untruth HSK 7
听话 聽話 tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
恶意 惡意 è yì malice; evil intention HSK 7
兜 兜 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
摊 攤 tān to spread out; vendor's stand HSK 7
憋 憋 biē to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) HSK 7
花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) HSK 7
乐园 樂園 lè yuán paradise HSK 7
出卖 出賣 chū mài to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
是非 是非 shì fēi right and wrong; quarrel HSK 7