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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| 谜样 謎樣 | enigmatic | |
| 赖床 賴床 | to have a lie-in; to dawdle in bed | |
| 挨骂 挨罵 | to receive a scolding | |
| 香炉 香爐 | a censer (for burning incense); incense burner; thurible | |
| 好恶 好惡 | lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste | |
| 独在异乡为异客 獨在異鄉為異客 | a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei) | |
| 茱萸 茱萸 | cornel (Cornus spp.) | |
| 麻雀 麻雀 | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong | |
| 天良 天良 | conscience | |
| 阻塞 阻塞 | to block; to clog | |
| 腹膜 腹膜 | peritoneum (anatomy) | |
| 罪过 罪過 | sin; offense | |
| 先贤 先賢 | (literary) ancient sage | |
| 飞驰 飛馳 | to speed; to rush | |
| 窝藏 窩藏 | to harbor; to shelter | |
| 人犯 人犯 | criminal; culprit; suspect (old) | |
| 投胎 投胎 | to be reincarnated | |
| 麻醉药 麻醉藥 | anesthetic; narcotic | |
| 走入 走入 | to walk into | |
| 痔疮 痔瘡 | hemorrhoid | |
| 看管 看管 | to look after | |
| 挨打 挨打 | to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack | |
| 钟头 鐘頭 | hour | |
| 面对面 面對面 | face to face | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 舌头 舌頭 | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 难忘 難忘 | unforgettable | |
| 查出 查出 | to find out; to discover | |
| 会长 會長 | president of a club, committee etc | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 沿着 沿著 | to go along; to follow | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 激情 激情 | passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 股 股 | thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 威胁 威脅 | to threaten; to menace | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |