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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| 中间 中間 | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 旁边 旁邊 | side; adjacent place | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 毛 毛 | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 冷 冷 | cold | |
| 电 電 | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 睡觉 睡覺 | to go to bed; to sleep | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 下午 下午 | afternoon; p.m. | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 |