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%

Cast

Chang Chen Chang Chen Xiao Si'r Lisa Yang Lisa Yang Ming Chang Kuo-Chu Chang Kuo-Chu Father Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Mother Wang Chuan Wang Chuan Eldest Sister Chang Han Chang Han Elder Brother Chiang Hsiu-Chiung Chiang Hsiu-Chiung Middle Sister Stephanie Lai Youngest Sister Tan Chih-Kang Tan Chih-Kang Ma Wang Chi-tsan Wang Chi-tsan Cat

Vocabulary

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土狗 土狗 tǔ gǒu native dog; mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa) Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
太保 太保 Tài bǎo Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北 臺北 Tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
眷村 眷村 juàn cūn military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台中 臺中 Tái zhōng Taichung, city in central Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
青岛 青島 Qīng dǎo Qingdao, sub-provincial city in Shandong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台南 臺南 Tái nán Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
民国 民國 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
康有为 康有為 Kāng Yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期六 星期六 Xīng qī liù Saturday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
新乐 新樂 Xīn lè Xinle, county-level city in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村子 村子 cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台语 台語 Tái yǔ Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
全城 全城 quán chéng whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
拿破仑 拿破侖 Ná pò lún variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
有夏 有夏 Yǒu xià China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
市政府 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall; city government Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台客 臺客 Tái kè stereotypical Taiwanese person (often derogatory) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北市 臺北市 Tái běi Shì Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台湾大学 臺灣大學 Tái wān Dà xué National Taiwan University; abbr. to Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
耶 耶 yē used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
小马 小馬 xiǎo mǎ colt; pony ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
录音带 錄音帶 lù yīn dài audio tape ∼HSK 3
夜间部 夜間部 yè jiān bù (Tw) evening program (at a college); night school ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
在台 在臺 zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
来台 來台 lái - Tái to come to Taiwan ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
三角裤 三角褲 sān jiǎo kù briefs; panties ∼HSK 3
乱讲 亂講 luàn jiǎng to talk nonsense; nonsense! ∼HSK 3
古装 古裝 gǔ zhuāng ancient costume; period costume (in movies etc) ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
光头 光頭 guāng tóu shaven head; bald head; to go bareheaded; hatless ∼HSK 3
天花板 天花板 tiān huā bǎn ceiling ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
按下 按下 àn xià to press down; to press a button ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3