Flavors of Youth 2018
肆式青春
The rigorous city life of China, while bustling and unforgiving, contains the everlasting memories of days past. Three stories told in three different cities, follow the loss of youth and the daunting realization of adulthood. Though reality may seem ever changing, unchangeable are the short-lived moments of one's childhood days. A plentiful bowl of noodles, the beauty of family and the trials of first love endure the inevitable flow of time, as three different characters explore the strength of bonds and the warmth of cherished memories. Within the disorder of the present world, witness these quaint stories recognize the comfort of the past, and attempt to revive the neglected flavors of youth.
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Vocabulary
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| 走过 走過 | to walk past; to pass by | |
| 常见 常見 | commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 多数 多數 | majority; most | |
| 一部分 一部分 | portion; part of; subset | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 篮球 籃球 | basketball | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 地铁 地鐵 | underground railway; subway; subway train | |
| 做法 做法 | way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice | |
| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 早晨 早晨 | early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 重复 重複 | to repeat; to duplicate | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 看法 看法 | way of looking at a thing; view; opinion | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 同事 同事 | colleague; co-worker | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 红色 紅色 | red (color); revolutionary | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 高中 高中 | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 | |
| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 成绩 成績 | achievement; performance records; grades | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 味道 味道 | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor | |
| 出口 出口 | an exit; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port | |
| 态度 態度 | manner; bearing; attitude; approach | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 取得 取得 | to acquire; to get; to obtain | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 级 級 | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time |