Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days 2010

quánchéng rèliàn

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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a great blessing; daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") ∼HSK 3
shēng kuài Happy birthday ∼HSK 3
xuě gāo ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle ∼HSK 3
zhuī shàng to overtake ∼HSK 3
Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
quán qiú xìng global; worldwide ∼HSK 3
ěr ear; merely, only; handle ∼HSK 3
dāng must; should ∼HSK 3
niú ròu beef ∼HSK 3
shuāng céng double tier; double decker ∼HSK 3
zǎo wash, bathe ∼HSK 3
fàn tuán rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings); onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball) ∼HSK 3
shì yǐn to taste (wine etc) ∼HSK 3
xiàn shí current ∼HSK 3
shì wài outdoor ∼HSK 3
shū eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) ∼HSK 3
yuè tuán band; orchestra ∼HSK 3
zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
yào knockout drops; incapacitating agent; Mickey Finn ∼HSK 3
zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
jiā chuán handed down in a family; family traditions ∼HSK 3
shàng bān shí jiān working hours; office hours ∼HSK 3
yǒu xìng interested; interesting ∼HSK 3
diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
gǎn shí jiān to be in a hurry ∼HSK 3
bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
wèi néng cannot; to fail to; unable to ∼HSK 3
kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack ∼HSK 3
yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
zhuī huí to recover (sth lost or stolen); to get back ∼HSK 3
shōu yīn radio HSK 3
jié yuē to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal HSK 3
dòng rén touching; moving HSK 3
pái zi sign; trademark; brand HSK 3
調 kōng tiáo air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) HSK 3
chuàng xīn to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation HSK 3
qīn rén one's close relatives HSK 3
tóu nǎo brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss HSK 3
(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure HSK 3
guān optimistic; hopeful HSK 3
zi trousers; pants HSK 3
yóu yǒng swimming; to swim HSK 3
gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort HSK 3
zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
shǒu zhǐ finger HSK 3