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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拽 拽 yè to drag; to haul HSK 7
开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee) HSK 7
用力 用力 yòng lì to exert oneself physically HSK 7
证人 證人 zhèng rén witness HSK 7
勉强 勉強 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough HSK 7
口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone HSK 7
罩 罩 zhào cover; fish trap (basket); shade HSK 7
审 審 shěn to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) HSK 7
坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things HSK 7
安心 安心 ān xīn at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth HSK 7
垫 墊 diàn pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money) HSK 7
身子 身子 shēn zi body; pregnancy; health HSK 7
笨蛋 笨蛋 bèn dàn fool; idiot HSK 7
自私 自私 zì sī selfish; selfishness HSK 7
滋味 滋味 zī wèi taste; flavor; feeling HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
生理 生理 shēng lǐ physiology HSK 7
消 消 xiāo to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take HSK 7
翘 翹 qiáo outstanding; to raise HSK 7
担 擔 dān to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility HSK 7
难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) HSK 7
倒霉 倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck; to be out of luck HSK 7
流氓 流氓 liú máng rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior HSK 7
发作 發作 fā zuò to flare up; to break out HSK 7
人格 人格 rén gé personality; integrity; dignity HSK 7
晃 㨪 huǎng to dazzle; to flash past HSK 7
亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) HSK 7
报复 報復 bào fù to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
好笑 好笑 hǎo xiào laughable; funny; ridiculous HSK 7
戒指 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring HSK 7
甜蜜 甜蜜 tián mì sweet; happy HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
缝 縫 féng to sew; to stitch HSK 7
灵感 靈感 líng gǎn inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor HSK 7
车祸 車禍 chē huò traffic accident; car crash HSK 7
口味 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor HSK 7
化妆 化妝 huà zhuāng to put on makeup HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
惩罚 懲罰 chéng fá penalty; punishment; to punish HSK 7
应付 應付 yìng fu to deal with; to cope HSK 7
借口 借口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
坑 坑 kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7