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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问好 問好 wèn hǎo to say hello to; to send one's regards to ∼HSK 1
一年多 一年多 yī nián duō more than a year ∼HSK 1
下个 下個 xià ge second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
写本 寫本 xiě běn handwritten copy of a book ∼HSK 1
课外 課外 kè wài extracurricular ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
打不过 打不過 dǎ bu guò to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) ∼HSK 1
车子 車子 chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) ∼HSK 1
好日子 好日子 hǎo rì zi auspicious day; good day; happy life ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
后门 後門 hòu mén back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
读书人 讀書人 dú shū rén scholar; intellectual ∼HSK 1
三点水 三點水 sān diǎn shuǐ name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) ∼HSK 1
有请 有請 yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
客 客 kè guest, traveller; customer ∼HSK 1
教书 教書 jiāo shū to teach (in a school) ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
做不到 做不到 zuò bù dào impossible ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
去国外 去國外 qù guó wài to go abroad ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
上回 上回 shàng huí last time; the previous time ∼HSK 1
有学问 有學問 yǒu xué wèn (of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly; (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise ∼HSK 1
听不到 聽不到 tīng bu dào can't hear ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
拿起 拿起 ná qǐ to pick up ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
有一点 有一點 yǒu yī diǎn a little; somewhat ∼HSK 1
老妈 老媽 lǎo mā mother; mom ∼HSK 1
二哥 二哥 èr gē second brother ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
说笑 說笑 shuō xiào to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter ∼HSK 1
早来 早來 zǎo lái to arrive early ∼HSK 1
看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) ∼HSK 1
太妹 太妹 tài mèi girl delinquent; tomboy; schoolgirl tough ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language ∼HSK 1
真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1