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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Vocabulary

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长毛 長毛 Cháng máo (derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
不用客气 不用客氣 bù yòng kè qi you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
口红 口紅 kǒu hóng lipstick ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
手气 手氣 shǒu qì luck (in gambling) ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
年假 年假 nián jià annual leave; New Year holidays ∼HSK 2
表妹 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
肮脏 骯髒 āng zāng dirty; filthy; despicable ∼HSK 2
芋头 芋頭 yù tou taro ∼HSK 2
停手 停手 tíng shǒu to stop (what one is doing) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
过身 過身 guò shēn to die; to pass away ∼HSK 2
吃药 吃藥 chī yào to take medicine ∼HSK 2
右面 右面 yòu miàn right side ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
算起来 算起來 suàn qǐ lái to calculate; to estimate; in total; all told; (fig.) if you think about it ∼HSK 2
养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family; to raise a family ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
通电话 通電話 tōng diàn huà to phone sb up ∼HSK 2
鞋跟 鞋跟 xié gēn heel (of a shoe) ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
住嘴 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue; Shut up! ∼HSK 2
靠山 靠山 kào shān patron; backer; close to a mountain ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
得不到 得不到 dé bù dào cannot get; cannot obtain ∼HSK 2
拉屎 拉屎 lā shǐ to defecate; to shit; to crap ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
见得 見得 jiàn dé to seem; to appear; (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure ∼HSK 2
小意思 小意思 xiǎo yì si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
来生 來生 lái shēng next life ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2