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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| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 做饭 做飯 | to prepare a meal; to cook | |
| 教室 教室 | classroom | |
| 报名 報名 | to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist | |
| 教学 教學 | to teach (as a professor) | |
| 一部分 一部分 | portion; part of; subset | |
| 排队 排隊 | to line up | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 平常 平常 | ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily | |
| 笑话 笑話 | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock | |
| 对面 對面 | (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 参观 參觀 | to look around; to tour; to visit | |
| 少年 少年 | early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man | |
| 大门 大門 | the Doors, US rock band | |
| 洗澡 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 等于 等於 | to equal; to be tantamount to | |
| 校长 校長 | (college, university) president; headmaster | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 做法 做法 | way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice | |
| 以外 以外 | apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond | |
| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 夏天 夏天 | summer | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 题 題 | topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 感动 感動 | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving | |
| 小说 小說 | novel; fiction | |
| 公里 公里 | kilometer | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 公路 公路 | highway; road | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 单位 單位 | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) | |
| 同事 同事 | colleague; co-worker | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax |