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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| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 查看 查看 | to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out | |
| 刮 刮 | to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 总部 總部 | general headquarters | |
| 主角 主角 | leading role; lead; protagonist | |
| 防守 防守 | to defend; to protect (against) | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 当作 當作 | to treat as; to regard as | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 远远 遠遠 | distant; by far | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 海军 海軍 | navy | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 孤独 孤獨 | lonely; solitary | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 野 埜 | field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 杆 杆 | stick; pole; lever; classifier for long objects such as guns | |
| 托 託 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 州 州 | prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit |