Eighteen Springs

Eighteen Springs 1997

半生缘 bànshēng yuán

In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.

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家书抵万金 家書抵萬金 jiā shū dǐ wàn jīn 家: house, home, residence; family · 书: book, letter, document; writings · 抵: resist, oppose; deny; off-set · 万: ten thousand; innumerable · 金: gold; metals in general; money Idiom ∼HSK 7
倔强 倔強 jué jiàng stubborn; obstinate; unbending Xiehouyu HSK 7
高贵 高貴 gāo guì grandeur; noble Xiehouyu HSK 7
亲热 親熱 qīn rè affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb Colloquialism HSK 7
人品 人品 rén pǐn moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing Colloquialism HSK 7
喜酒 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast HSK 7
说闲话 說閒話 shuō xián huà to chat; to gossip HSK 7
譬如说 譬如說 pì rú shuō for example HSK 7
讲学 講學 jiǎng xué to lecture (on branch of learning) HSK 7
心病 心病 xīn bìng anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine) 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
一声不吭 一聲不吭 yī shēng bù kēng to not say a word HSK 7
嫁妆 嫁妝 jià zhuang dowry HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
冒昧 冒昧 mào mèi bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of HSK 7
伯父 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother; term of respect for older man HSK 7
继母 繼母 jì mǔ stepmother HSK 7
梳子 梳子 shū zi comb HSK 7
着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution HSK 7
特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product; (regional) specialty HSK 7
推卸 推卸 tuī xiè to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck HSK 7
俗话 俗話 sú huà common saying; proverb HSK 7
休养 休養 xiū yǎng to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce HSK 7
水壶 水壺 shuǐ hú kettle; canteen; watering can HSK 7
清凉 清涼 qīng liáng cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing HSK 7
稀罕 稀罕 xī han rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] HSK 7
盖子 蓋子 gài zi cover; lid; shell HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
嚷 嚷 rǎng to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth HSK 7
无缘 無緣 wú yuán to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to; home; final destination; ending HSK 7
严禁 嚴禁 yán jìn to strictly prohibit HSK 7
女婿 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband; son-in-law HSK 7
谅解 諒解 liàng jiě to understand; to make allowances for; understanding HSK 7
灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) HSK 7
下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook HSK 7
亮点 亮點 liàng diǎn highlight; bright spot HSK 7
遗弃 遺棄 yí qì to leave; to abandon HSK 7
订婚 訂婚 dìng hūn to get engaged HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance 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
电报 電報 diàn bào telegram; cable; telegraph HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
抽屉 抽屜 chōu ti drawer HSK 7
幻觉 幻覺 huàn jué illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination HSK 7
溅 濺 jiàn to splash HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7