Eighteen Springs

Eighteen Springs 1997

bànshēng yuán

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

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3.67 Beginner

Vocabulary

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chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
轿 jiào chē enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage; car or bus; limousine HSK 7
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
róng honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary HSK 7
zi neck HSK 7
zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
yào shi key HSK 7
gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
cái xīn qiào mad about money (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
mìng zhōng zhù dìng decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated Idiom ∼HSK 6
yǒu yǎn zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
gāo pān social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
dòu to have a grudge against Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
jǐn gōng only for ∼HSK 6
piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
lǎo uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
yān huī cigarette ash ∼HSK 6
lǎo Sūn this old Sun (Wukong's self-reference) ∼HSK 6
to bet; to make a bet; a wager ∼HSK 6
shēng a son who is an only child ∼HSK 6
chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc) ∼HSK 6
zhír nephew ∼HSK 6
xià zàng to bury; to inter ∼HSK 6
yún tūn wonton ∼HSK 6
infrequent visitor ∼HSK 6
yūn tóu dizzy ∼HSK 6
bāo han to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant ∼HSK 6
suàn mìng xiān sheng fortune-teller ∼HSK 6
shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
yàn edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
jīng sycophant; toady; bootlicker ∼HSK 6
téng kōng to soar; to rise high into the air ∼HSK 6
máo kēng latrine pit; latrine ∼HSK 6
chǐ size; fitting (of apparel) ∼HSK 6