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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| 嗬 嗬 | (Cant.) interrogative particle | |
| 军装 軍裝 | military uniform | |
| 参谋长 參謀長 | chief of staff | |
| 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? | |
| 毒性 毒性 | toxicity | |
| 出声 出聲 | to make a sound; to speak; to cry out | |
| 晨 晨 | early morning, daybreak | |
| 委任 委任 | to appoint | |
| 不赞成 不贊成 | disapproval; to disapprove | |
| 听劝 聽勸 | to heed advice; to listen to counsel | |
| 寿星 壽星 | god of longevity; elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated | |
| 诗集 詩集 | poetry anthology | |
| 丢手 丟手 | to wash one's hands of sth; to have nothing further to do with sth | |
| 绢 絹 | kind of thick stiff silk | |
| 剁 剁 | chop by pounding, mince, hash | |
| 辨 辨 | distinguish, discriminate | |
| 委派 委派 | to appoint | |
| 多礼 多禮 | too polite; overcourteous | |
| 摔伤 摔傷 | to injure oneself in a fall | |
| 炮弹 炮彈 | artillery shell | |
| 锁上 鎖上 | to lock; to lock up | |
| 个儿 個兒 | size; height; stature | |
| 岸上 岸上 | ashore; on the riverbank | |
| 神情 神情 | look; expression | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 关怀 關懷 | care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 拆除 拆除 | to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 仍旧 仍舊 | still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet | |
| 叉 叉 | fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X" | |
| 有毒 有毒 | poisonous | |
| 由此 由此 | hereby; from this | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 充足 充足 | adequate; sufficient; abundant | |
| 猴 猴 | monkey | |
| 沟 溝 | ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine | |
| 国民 國民 | nationals; citizens; people of a nation | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 猴子 猴子 | monkey | |
| 从中 從中 | from within; therefrom | |
| 上级 上級 | higher authorities; superiors | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 物理 物理 | physics; physical |