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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趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
轿车 轎車 jiào chē enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage; car or bus; limousine HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
荣誉 榮譽 róng yù honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary HSK 7
脖子 脖子 bó zi neck HSK 7
注定 註定 zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
财迷心窍 財迷心竅 cái mí xīn qiào mad about money (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
命中注定 命中註定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated Idiom ∼HSK 6
有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú 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
贱货 賤貨 jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀 高攀 gāo pān social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
斗气 鬥氣 dòu qì to have a grudge against Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 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
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
仅供 僅供 jǐn gōng only for ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
烟灰 煙灰 yān huī cigarette ash ∼HSK 6
老孙 老孫 lǎo Sūn this old Sun (Wukong's self-reference) ∼HSK 6
打赌 打賭 dǎ dǔ to bet; to make a bet; a wager ∼HSK 6
独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child ∼HSK 6
宠坏 寵壞 chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc) ∼HSK 6
侄儿 侄兒 zhír nephew ∼HSK 6
下葬 下葬 xià zàng to bury; to inter ∼HSK 6
云吞 雲吞 yún tūn wonton ∼HSK 6
稀客 稀客 xī kè infrequent visitor ∼HSK 6
晕头 暈頭 yūn tóu dizzy ∼HSK 6
包涵 包涵 bāo han to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant ∼HSK 6
算命先生 算命先生 suàn mìng xiān sheng fortune-teller ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest ∼HSK 6
马屁精 馬屁精 mǎ pì jīng sycophant; toady; bootlicker ∼HSK 6
腾空 騰空 téng kōng to soar; to rise high into the air ∼HSK 6
茅坑 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit; latrine ∼HSK 6
尺码 尺碼 chǐ mǎ size; fitting (of apparel) ∼HSK 6