A City of Sadness 1989
悲情城市
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.
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Vocabulary
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| 保释 保釋 | to release on bail; to bail | |
| 人民代表 人民代表 | deputy to the People's Congress | |
| 守法 守法 | to abide by the law | |
| 民心 民心 | popular sentiment | |
| 有无 有無 | to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal | |
| 蔡 蔡 | surname; species of tortoise | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 大呼小叫 大呼小叫 | to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss | |
| 叫醒 叫醒 | to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse | |
| 长牙 長牙 | tusk | |
| 智 智 | wisdom, knowledge, intelligence | |
| 疗养 療養 | to get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesce; convalescence; to nurse | |
| 红包 紅包 | money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe | |
| 一律 一律 | same; uniformly; all; without exception | |
| 打针 打針 | to give or have an injection | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 两边 兩邊 | either side; both sides | |
| 抄 抄 | to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms | |
| 发烧 發燒 | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever | |
| 上门 上門 | to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family | |
| 骨头 骨頭 | bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] | |
| 抽烟 抽煙 | to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 情景 情景 | scene; spectacle; circumstances; situation | |
| 前途 前途 | prospects; future outlook; journey | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 失业 失業 | unemployment; to lose one's job | |
| 日记 日記 | diary | |
| 口袋 口袋 | pocket; bag; sack | |
| 新娘 新娘 | bride | |
| 收回 收回 | to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke | |
| 阿姨 阿姨 | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) | |
| 好友 好友 | close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend | |
| 青春 青春 | youth; youthfulness | |
| 粗 粗 | coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude | |
| 善良 善良 | good and honest; kindhearted | |
| 风景 風景 | scenery; landscape | |
| 大陆 大陸 | mainland China (reference to the PRC) | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 减 減 | to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 街道 街道 | street; subdistrict; residential district | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 宽 寬 | wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 义务 義務 | duty; obligation; volunteer (work etc) | |
| 含 含 | to keep in the mouth; to contain | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 维护 維護 | to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain | |
| 平静 平靜 | tranquil; undisturbed; serene |