Flavors of Youth

Flavors of Youth 2018

shì qīngchūn

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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3.84 Beginner Director Joshua, Li Haoling, Yoshitaka Takeuchi 🍅 83%

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Vocabulary

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gōng company; firm; corporation HSK 2
guò only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) HSK 2
zhí straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through HSK 2
shēng huó to live; life; livelihood HSK 2
dìng surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must HSK 2
jiā everyone; influential family; great expert HSK 2
yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
suǒ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
dāng to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at HSK 2
xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
dàn shì but; however HSK 2
it HSK 2
wèn question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
jīng already HSK 2
zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
qi you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt Xiehouyu HSK 1
liǎo at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
hǎo chī tasty; delicious Xiehouyu HSK 1
duì bu I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shì zhe (coll.) to try to Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
ye (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 1
nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1