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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| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 规定 規定 | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 地区 地區 | local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 面对 面對 | to face; to confront | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 力量 力量 | power; force; strength | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 至少 至少 | at least; (to say the) least | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 发展 發展 | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand | |
| 力 力 | power; force; strength; ability; strenuously | |
| 记者 記者 | reporter; journalist | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 明显 明顯 | clear; distinct; obvious | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 台 檯 | platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 合作 合作 | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation | |
| 因此 因此 | thus; consequently; as a result | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 确定 確定 | definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box) | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison |