In the Heat of the Sun 1994
阳光灿烂的日子
Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."
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Vocabulary
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| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 棍子 棍子 | stick; rod | |
| 偷看 偷看 | to peep; to peek; to steal a glance | |
| 敬礼 敬禮 | to salute; salute | |
| 裸露 裸露 | naked; bare; uncovered; exposed | |
| 断绝 斷絕 | to sever; to break off | |
| 如实 如實 | as things really are; realistic | |
| 当众 當眾 | in public; in front of everybody | |
| 帝国主义 帝國主義 | imperialism | |
| 凝视 凝視 | to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 欣喜 欣喜 | happy | |
| 守候 守候 | to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse | |
| 夸大 誇大 | to exaggerate | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 干部 幹部 | cadre; official; officer; manager | |
| 号称 號稱 | to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely) | |
| 捎 捎 | to bring sth to sb; to deliver | |
| 向来 向來 | always (previously) | |
| 公然 公然 | openly; publicly; undisguised | |
| 鼻涕 鼻涕 | nasal mucus; snivel; snot | |
| 小提琴 小提琴 | fiddle; violin | |
| 掰 掰 | to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship) | |
| 喝彩 喝彩 | to acclaim; to cheer | |
| 冒充 冒充 | to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as | |
| 拎 拎 | to lift up; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. [līng] | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 忍心 忍心 | to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task | |
| 空前 空前 | unprecedented | |
| 务必 務必 | must; to need to; to be sure to | |
| 还原 還原 | to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry) | |
| 懂事 懂事 | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent | |
| 炼 煉 | to refine; to smelt | |
| 批判 批判 | to criticize; critique | |
| 轮流 輪流 | to alternate; to take turns | |
| 衷心 衷心 | heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial | |
| 抚摸 撫摸 | to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle | |
| 简短 簡短 | brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity | |
| 深情 深情 | deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love | |
| 望远镜 望遠鏡 | binoculars; telescope | |
| 恐吓 恐嚇 | to threaten; to menace | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 抽屉 抽屜 | drawer | |
| 过滤 過濾 | to filter; filter | |
| 幻觉 幻覺 | illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination | |
| 手势 手勢 | gesture; sign; signal | |
| 撬 撬 | to lift; to pry open; to lever open | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 重伤 重傷 | seriously hurt; serious injury | |
| 孤立 孤立 | isolated; to isolate |