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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其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
大方 大方 dà fāng expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea Xiehouyu HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
六安 六安 Lù ān Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
元宝 元寶 Yuán bǎo Yuanbao district of Dandong city, Liaoning Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大宝 大寶 Dà bǎo Taiho (a Japanese era) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曹操 曹操 Cáo Cāo Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
惠来 惠來 Huì lái Huilai county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
虹桥 虹橋 Hóng qiáo Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
下个月 下個月 xià gè yuè next month HSK 4
曼 曼 màn long, extended, vast; beautiful ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
结了 結了 jié le that's that; that's it; that will do ∼HSK 4
售 售 shòu sell ∼HSK 4
走散 走散 zǒu sàn to wander off; to stray; to get lost ∼HSK 4
二宝 二寶 èr bǎo second child; second baby ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
菲 菲 Fēi fragrant, luxuriant; the Philippines ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
鸿 鴻 hóng species of wild swan; vast ∼HSK 4
蔡 蔡 Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4
水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) ∼HSK 4
书局 書局 shū jú bookstore; publishing house ∼HSK 4
高烧 高燒 gāo shāo fever; high temperature ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
盖上 蓋上 gài shang to cover ∼HSK 4
盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water; brine ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon; salt-cured meat ∼HSK 4
他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land; away from one's native place ∼HSK 4
常言 常言 cháng yán common saying ∼HSK 4
适 適 kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
守旧 守舊 shǒu jiù conservative; reactionary ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
隔世 隔世 gé shì separated by a generation; a lifetime ago ∼HSK 4