Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days 2010

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In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. There's chaffeur Wah who tries to woo foot masseur Li Yan via text messages, air conditioner repairman Ah Wai interested in biker girl Ding Dong, a master sushi chef who spurns the love of writer Wasabi, country hick Da Fu who tries to impress teddy bear factory worker Xiao Qi Angela Baby by standing out in the hot noon sun for 100 days, & photographer Leslie Guan & assistant attempting to track down a woman who they believed cursed the photographer into blindness ...

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3.71 Beginner Director Tony Chan, Shya Wing-Hong 🍅 50%

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Vocabulary

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huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
diū liǎn to lose face; humiliation Xiehouyu HSK 7
wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out Xiehouyu HSK 7
liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
Shào lín Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks HSK 7
bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times HSK 7
father's elder brother; term of respect for older man HSK 7
nán Not difficult HSK 7
xiāng chuán to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend HSK 7
biāo shēng to rise rapidly; to soar HSK 7
漿 dòu jiāng soy milk HSK 7
Wēi xìn Weixin county in Zhaotong 通, Yunnan HSK 7
lǎng sòng to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim HSK 7
bīng shān iceberg HSK 7
zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) HSK 7
tōng tōng all; entire; complete HSK 7
xiāng in succession; following closely HSK 7
kōng dòng cavity; empty; vacuous HSK 7
táo zuì to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in HSK 7
yuè increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more HSK 7
to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) HSK 7
horsepower HSK 7
zhuān chéng specifically; specially (for that purpose) HSK 7
dēng pào light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) HSK 7
suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
kěn Refuse HSK 7
xīn careful; attentive HSK 7
chéng sincerity; good faith HSK 7
huà yàn chemical examination; to do a lab test HSK 7
piāo to float; to drift HSK 7
shuǐ guǎn water pipe HSK 7
jiān shǒu to hold fast to; to stick to HSK 7
zhāo pai signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business HSK 7
guàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) HSK 7
shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
zào jiù to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people) HSK 7
cuò zhé setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue HSK 7
hǎo gǎn good opinion; favorable impression HSK 7
to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal HSK 7
zhāo hu to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice HSK 7
hòu tái backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background HSK 7
shang Buddhist monk HSK 7
shēng xiào to take effect; to go into effect HSK 7
lěng cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard; indifference; neglect HSK 7
fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
wàng prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring HSK 7
shùn jiān split second HSK 7