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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写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
跑掉 跑掉 pǎo diào to run away; to take to one's heels ∼HSK 2
脏话 髒話 zāng huà profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely ∼HSK 2
带给 帶給 dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
联 聯 lián connect, join; associate, ally ∼HSK 2
分发 分發 fēn fā to distribute; distribution; to assign (sb) to a job ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
三更半夜 三更半夜 sān gēng - bàn yè (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
周会 周會 zhōu huì weekly meeting; weekly assembly ∼HSK 2
来讲 來講 lái jiǎng as to; considering; for ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
病假 病假 bìng jià sick leave ∼HSK 2
点灯 點燈 diǎn dēng to light a lamp ∼HSK 2
有一套 有一套 yǒu yī tào to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth ∼HSK 2
借给 借給 jiè gěi to lend to sb ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
狗带 狗帶 gǒu dài (Internet slang) to go away; to slink off; (transliteration of "go die", possibly from) ∼HSK 2
回嘴 回嘴 huí zuǐ to answer back; to retort ∼HSK 2
多才 多才 duō cái multitalented ∼HSK 2
手拉手 手拉手 shǒu lā shǒu to join hands; hand in hand ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
头里 頭里 tóu lǐ in front; in advance of the field ∼HSK 2
意气用事 意氣用事 yì qì yòng shì (idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
下水道 下水道 xià shuǐ dào sewer ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
书名 書名 shū míng name of a book; reputation as calligrapher ∼HSK 2
给以 給以 gěi yǐ to give; to grant ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
换新 換新 huàn xīn to replace with sth new; to upgrade ∼HSK 2
听懂 聽懂 tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) ∼HSK 2
篮球场 籃球場 lán qiú chǎng basketball court ∼HSK 2
没有关系 沒有關係 méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
有够 有夠 yǒu gòu very; extremely ∼HSK 2
道人 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) ∼HSK 2
成全 成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
低洼 低窪 dī wā low-lying ∼HSK 2
海上 海上 hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2