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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| 接收 接收 | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 理智 理智 | reason; intellect; rationality; rational | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 此事 此事 | this matter | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 此次 此次 | this time | |
| 推出 推出 | to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend | |
| 祖国 祖國 | motherland | |
| 跌 跌 | to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 机关 機關 | mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick | |
| 适当 適當 | suitable; appropriate | |
| 牵 牽 | to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 给予 給予 | (literary) to give; to accord; to render | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 托 托 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 除 除 | to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 塞 塞 | Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞尔维亚 | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 滴 滴 | a drop; to drip | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 爆 爆 | to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 情绪 情緒 | mood; state of mind; moodiness | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |