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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| 临时 臨時 | as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 勇敢 勇敢 | brave; courageous | |
| 松 松 | pine | |
| 自信 自信 | to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 有趣 有趣 | interesting; fascinating; amusing | |
| 迅速 迅速 | rapid; speedy; fast | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 法院 法院 | court of law; court | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 严格 嚴格 | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 措施 措施 | measure; step | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 尽快 儘快 | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible | |
| 激动 激動 | to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 牌 牌 | mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal | |
| 倍 倍 | (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 手术 手術 | (surgical) operation; surgery | |
| 参与 參與 | to participate (in sth) | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 法律 法律 | law | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 治疗 治療 | to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 政府 政府 | government |