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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| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 骑 騎 | (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 公平 公平 | fair; impartial | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 红色 紅色 | red (color); revolutionary | |
| 公园 公園 | park (for public recreation) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 名单 名單 | list of names | |
| 以上 以上 | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 以下 以下 | that level or lower; that amount or less; the following | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 大部分 大部分 | in large part; the greater part; the majority | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 词 詞 | word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 | |
| 蛋 蛋 | egg; oval-shaped thing | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 级 級 | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 重点 重點 | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time |