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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| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 光明 光明 | light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 家乡 家鄉 | hometown; native place | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 不论 不論 | whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss | |
| 广播 廣播 | broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 先进 先進 | advanced (technology); to advance | |
| 至今 至今 | so far; to this day; until now | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 传说 傳說 | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 各地 各地 | in all parts of (a country); various regions | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 纪念 紀念 | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 整理 整理 | to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 个性 個性 | individuality; personality | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 羊 羊 | sheep; goat | |
| 庆祝 慶祝 | to celebrate | |
| 进步 進步 | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 员 員 | person; employee; member | |
| 经营 經營 | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 合 合 | to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒 | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 团 團 | round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) |