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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| 送 送 | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with | |
| 女 女 | female; woman; daughter | |
| 电话 電話 | telephone; phone call; phone number | |
| 写 寫 | to write | |
| 进 進 | to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound | |
| 水 水 | water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes | |
| 那些 那些 | those | |
| 得到 得到 | to get; to obtain; to receive | |
| 先 先 | early; prior; former; in advance; first | |
| 正 正 | first month of the lunar year | |
| 高 高 | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) | |
| 拿 㧱 | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | |
| 朋友 朋友 | friend | |
| 住 住 | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) | |
| 号 號 | ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people | |
| 行 行 | to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense | |
| 老 老 | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough | |
| 岁 歲 | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) | |
| 出来 出來 | to come out; to appear; to arise | |
| 地方 地方 | region; regional (away from the central administration); local | |
| 告诉 告訴 | to press charges; to file a complaint | |
| 问 問 | to ask; to inquire | |
| 重要 重要 | important; significant; major | |
| 买 買 | to buy; to purchase | |
| 一样 一樣 | same; like; equal to; the same as; just like | |
| 三 三 | three; 3 | |
| 东西 東西 | east and west | |
| 回 回 | to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) | |
| 钱 錢 | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 | |
| 请 請 | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request | |
| 别 別 | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) | |
| 这里 這裡 | here | |
| 叫 叫 | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | |
| 开 開 | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format | |
| 听 听 | smile (archaic) | |
| 手 手 | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill | |
| 一些 一些 | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er | |
| 见 見 | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view | |
| 起 起 | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group | |
| 一起 一起 | in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) | |
| 起来 起來 | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] | |
| 看到 看到 | to see | |
| 月 月 | moon; month; monthly | |
| 觉得 覺得 | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) | |
| 还是 還是 | still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or | |
| 话 話 | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said | |
| 今天 今天 | today; at the present; now | |
| 快 快 | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant | |
| 打 打 | to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from | |
| 还有 還有 | furthermore; in addition; still; also |