A Summer at Grandpa's 1984
冬冬的假期
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 外公 外公 | (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 外婆 外婆 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 历届 歷屆 | all previous (meetings, sessions etc) | |
| 富强 富強 | rich and powerful | |
| 佳节 佳節 | festive day; holiday | |
| 鸟巢 鳥巢 | bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium | |
| 每逢 每逢 | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 倔 倔 | used in 倔强 | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 根基 根基 | foundation | |
| 放水 放水 | to turn on the water; to let water out; (sports) to throw a game | |
| 挂念 掛念 | concerned | |
| 公证 公證 | notarization; notarized; acknowledgement | |
| 孕育 孕育 | to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc) | |
| 鞠躬 鞠躬 | to bow; (literary) to bend down | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 复兴 復興 | Fuxing district of Handan city 邯郸市, Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan | |
| 哑 啞 | mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 来宾 來賓 | Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi | |
| 订婚 訂婚 | to get engaged | |
| 学业 學業 | studies; schoolwork | |
| 慢性 慢性 | slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) | |
| 粪 糞 | manure; dung | |
| 忍耐 忍耐 | to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance | |
| 急性 急性 | acute | |
| 纱 紗 | cotton yarn; muslin | |
| 欣慰 欣慰 | to be gratified | |
| 上报 上報 | to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter | |
| 收缩 收縮 | to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole | |
| 余 餘 | extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me | |
| 歹徒 歹徒 | evildoer; malefactor; gangster; hoodlum | |
| 统统 統統 | totally | |
| 旅程 旅程 | journey; trip | |
| 会面 會面 | to meet with; meeting | |
| 涌 涌 | (used in place names) | |
| 骗人 騙人 | to cheat sb; a scam | |
| 可恶 可惡 | repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable | |
| 破裂 破裂 | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down | |
| 警官 警官 | constable; police officer | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 乐园 樂園 | paradise | |
| 脑海 腦海 | the mind; the brain | |
| 新生 新生 | new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 每当 每當 | whenever; every time | |
| 疯子 瘋子 | madman; lunatic | |
| 滋味 滋味 | taste; flavor; feeling |