Born in China 2016
我们诞生在中国
Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
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Vocabulary
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| 寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 | just a very few (idiom); tiny number; not many at all; You count them on your fingers. | Idiom |
| 自私自利 自私自利 | everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary | Idiom |
| 无微不至 無微不至 | in every possible way (idiom); meticulous | Idiom |
| 袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger | Idiom |
| 走投无路 走投無路 | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate | Idiom |
| 家喻户晓 家喻戶曉 | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name | Idiom |
| 轻而易举 輕而易舉 | easy; with no difficulty | Idiom |
| 截然不同 截然不同 | entirely different; different as black and white | Idiom |
| 成千上万 成千上萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | Idiom |
| 密不可分 密不可分 | inextricably linked (idiom); inseparable | Xiehouyu |
| 胆小鬼 膽小鬼 | coward | Xiehouyu |
| 霸道 霸道 | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 与众不同 與眾不同 | to stand out from the masses (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 冒险 冒險 | to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure | Xiehouyu |
| 叫板 叫板 | to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 仙鹤 仙鶴 | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) | |
| 哺育 哺育 | to feed; (fig.) to nurture; to foster | |
| 踏上 踏上 | to set foot on; to step on or into | |
| 急迫 急迫 | urgent; pressing; imperative | |
| 牧民 牧民 | herdsman | |
| 陡峭 陡峭 | precipitous | |
| 酷似 酷似 | to strikingly resemble | |
| 辽阔 遼闊 | vast; extensive | |
| 国宝 國寶 | national treasure | |
| 恩赐 恩賜 | favor; to give charity to sb out of pity | |
| 冰雹 冰雹 | hail; hailstone | |
| 无忧无虑 無憂無慮 | carefree and without worries (idiom) | |
| 显赫 顯赫 | illustrious; celebrated | |
| 修长 修長 | slender; lanky; tall and thin | |
| 山脉 山脈 | mountain range | |
| 幸免 倖免 | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) | |
| 迁徙 遷徙 | to migrate; to move | |
| 恰巧 恰巧 | by chance; as chance would have it | |
| 观摩 觀摩 | to observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example) | |
| 承载 承載 | to bear the weight; to sustain | |
| 遏制 遏制 | to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain | |
| 恰到好处 恰到好處 | it's just perfect; it's just right | |
| 清澈 清澈 | clear; limpid | |
| 繁华 繁華 | flourishing; bustling | |
| 肩负 肩負 | to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage) | |
| 纽带 紐帶 | tie; link; bond | |
| 长辈 長輩 | one's elders; older generation | |
| 悠闲 悠閒 | leisurely; carefree; relaxed | |
| 孕育 孕育 | to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc) | |
| 发呆 發呆 | to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought | |
| 宠爱 寵愛 | to dote on sb | |
| 海拔 海拔 | height above sea level; elevation |