Echoes of the Rainbow

Echoes of the Rainbow 2010

岁月神偷 suìyuè shéntōu

Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother Desmond is every family's dream son - an outstanding athlete with grades worthy of Hong Kong's best school.

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3.75 Beginner Director Alex Law Kai-Yui IMDb 7.4

Cast

Simon Yam Simon Yam Mr. Law Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu Mrs. Law Buzz Chung Shiu-Tiu Buzz Chung Shiu-Tiu Big Ears Aarif Rahman Aarif Rahman Desmond / Big Ears Evelyn Choi Wing-Yan Evelyn Choi Wing-Yan Flora Paul Chun Pui Paul Chun Pui Mr. Law's Brother Teresa Ha Ping Teresa Ha Ping Grandmother Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu Mr. Ho Ann Hui Ann Hui Miss Chan Lawrence Ah Mon Lawrence Ah Mon Goldfish Seller

Vocabulary

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苦海无边 苦海無邊 kǔ hǎi wú biān lit. the sea of bitterness is boundless (idiom); fig. endless suffering and misery Idiom ∼HSK 7
神气 神氣 shén qì expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious Xiehouyu HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
月初 月初 yuè chū start of month; early in the month HSK 7
志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
哆嗦 哆嗦 duō suo to tremble; to shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the body HSK 7
馋 饞 chán gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
名贵 名貴 míng guì famous and valuable; rare; precious HSK 7
瘸 瘸 qué lame HSK 7
俗话说 俗話說 sú huà shuō as the proverb says; as they say... HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
墓碑 墓碑 mù bēi gravestone; tombstone HSK 7
瞧不起 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon; to hold in contempt HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct HSK 7
外号 外號 wài hào nickname HSK 7
海面 海面 hǎi miàn sea level; sea surface HSK 7
炭 炭 tàn wood charcoal; coal HSK 7
译 譯 yì to translate; to interpret HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
蹬 蹬 dēng to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng] HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
假冒 假冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine) HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
火山 火山 huǒ shān volcano HSK 7
紊乱 紊亂 wěn luàn disorder; chaos HSK 7
懂事 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent HSK 7
飞翔 飛翔 fēi xiáng to circle in the air; to soar HSK 7
逢 逢 féng to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon HSK 7
当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7
舅舅 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal) HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7
巷 巷 xiàng lane; alley HSK 7
弹性 彈性 tán xìng flexibility; elasticity HSK 7
虽说 雖說 suī shuō though; although HSK 7
发光 發光 fā guāng to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
位子 位子 wèi zi place; seat HSK 7
过节 過節 guò jié to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) HSK 7
良 良 liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
余 餘 yú extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me HSK 7
少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you HSK 7
心爱 心愛 xīn ài beloved HSK 7
当真 當真 dàng zhēn to take seriously; serious; No joking, really! HSK 7
束缚 束縛 shù fù to bind; to restrict; to tie; to commit; fetters HSK 7
廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced; low-cost HSK 7