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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正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
场子 場子 chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place; public venue Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
北平 北平 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
美国人民 美國人民 Měi guó rén mín the American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
本省人 本省人 běn shěng rén people of this province; (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
他信 他信 Tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
小猫 小貓 xiǎo māo kitten ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
玩意 玩意 wán yì toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
条子 條子 tiáo zi short note; slip of paper; stripe; (slang) cop; (old) prostitute ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
考完 考完 kǎo wán to finish an exam ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
找借口 找藉口 zhǎo jiè kǒu to look for a pretext ∼HSK 2
孩 孩 hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
倒楣 倒楣 dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
片场 片場 piàn chǎng filming location; film set ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
参 參 cān take part in, intervene; ginseng ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
开灯 開燈 kāi dēng to turn on the light ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
载 載 zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
哪像 哪像 nǎ xiàng unlike; in contrast to ∼HSK 2
吃错药 吃錯藥 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine; (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual; abnormal ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
靶场 靶場 bǎ chǎng shooting range; range ∼HSK 2