In the Heat of the Sun

In the Heat of the Sun 1994

阳光灿烂的日子 yángguāng cànlàn de rìzi

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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4.29 Intermediate Director Jiang Wen IMDb 8.1

Cast

Xia Yu Xia Yu Ma Xiaojun Ning Jing Ning Jing Mi Lan Geng Le Geng Le Liu Yiku Tao Hong Tao Hong Yu Beipei Siqin Gaowa Siqin Gaowa Mother Wang Xueqi Wang Xueqi Father Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang Mr. Hu Liu Xiaoning Liu Xiaoning Adult Liu Yiku Jiang Wen Jiang Wen Adult Ma Xiaojun Wang Shuo Wang Shuo Small-time Conman

Vocabulary

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瓦西里 瓦西里 Wǎ xī lǐ Vasily (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列宁 列寧 Liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南朝鲜 南朝鮮 Nán Cháo xiǎn South Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西单 西單 Xī dān Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
延安 延安 Yán ān Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐山 唐山 Táng shān Tangshan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province; China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗马尼亚 羅馬尼亞 Luó mǎ ní yà Romania Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文化大革命 文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
铁拳 鐵拳 Tiě quán Tekken (video game) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清政府 清政府 Qīng zhèng fǔ Qing government (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙俄 沙俄 Shā É Tsarist Russia; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
贝加尔湖 貝加爾湖 Bèi jiā ěr Hú Lake Baikal, Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
朝鲜人 朝鮮人 Cháo xiǎn rén a North Korean; (in broader or historical usage) a Korean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
少年宫 少年宮 Shào nián Gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王府井 王府井 Wáng fǔ jǐng Wangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury brands, traditional stores and vibrant food markets Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
礼拜一 禮拜一 Lǐ bài yī Monday Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
卢沟桥 盧溝橋 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苦菜花 苦菜花 Kǔ cài huā Bitter Herbs, 1958 novel by Feng Deying, made into a film in 1965 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
保尔 保爾 Bǎo ěr Paul (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
布哈林 布哈林 Bù hā lín Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a show trial in 1937 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
托洛茨基 托洛茨基 Tuō luò cí jī Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
克里姆林宫 克里姆林宮 Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng the Kremlin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列宁格勒 列寧格勒 Liè níng gé lè Leningrad, former name (1923-1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文革 文革 Wén gé Cultural Revolution (1966-76) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
解放日 解放日 Jiě fàng rì Liberation Day; cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
放暑假 放暑假 fàng shǔ jià to be on summer vacation HSK 4
忆 憶 yì remember, reflect upon; memory ∼HSK 4
伦 倫 lún normal human relationships ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
松开 鬆開 sōng kāi to release; to let go; to loosen; to untie; to come loose ∼HSK 4
好象 好象 hǎo xiàng variant of 好像 ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
王八犊子 王八犢子 wáng bā dú zi bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
夜色 夜色 yè sè night scene; the dim light of night ∼HSK 4
象牙 象牙 xiàng yá ivory; elephant tusk ∼HSK 4
就此 就此 jiù cǐ at this point; thus; from then on ∼HSK 4
开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war; to make war; to battle against ∼HSK 4
翻身 翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes ∼HSK 4
楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building ∼HSK 4
校方 校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc); the school authorities ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
何为 何為 hé wéi what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use ∼HSK 4
伸出 伸出 shēn chū to extend ∼HSK 4
上厕所 上廁所 shàng cè suǒ to go to the bathroom ∼HSK 4
宣 宣 Xuān declare, announce, proclaim ∼HSK 4
首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official ∼HSK 4
引信 引信 yǐn xìn fuze; detonator ∼HSK 4