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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比不上 比不上 bǐ bù shàng can't compare with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
大不了 大不了 dà bù liǎo at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
没关系 沒關係 méi guān xi it doesn't matter Xiehouyu HSK 1
好吃 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious Xiehouyu HSK 1
好看 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乹 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
好不好 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
吃的 吃的 chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
跟手 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it; on the way through; (coll.) immediately; at once; (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
有本事 有本事 yǒu běn shi to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever,..., if she's so tough,... etc; Example: Hit me if you dare! Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
山东 山東 Shān dōng Shandong Province, capital Jinan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
上海 上海 Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
台湾 台灣 Tái wān variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中山 中山 Zhōng shān Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Nakayama (Japanese surname); Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党; same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
花莲 花蓮 Huā lián Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本人 日本人 Rì běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
汉口 漢口 Hàn kǒu Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
香港 香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广州 廣州 Guǎng zhōu Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
四书 四書 Sì shū Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
上都 上都 Shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
七月 七月 Qī yuè July; seventh month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
五月 五月 Wǔ yuè May; fifth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
六月 六月 Liù yuè June; sixth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十一 十一 Shí Yī PRC National Day (October 1st) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
进学 進學 jìn xué to advance one's learning; to enter the prefecture school under the imperial examination system Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
说起来 說起來 shuō qǐlái Say ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1