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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| 陌生人 陌生人 | stranger | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 想象力 想象力 | imagination | |
| 松手 鬆手 | to relinquish one's grip; to let go | |
| 梅 梅 | plums; prunes; surname | |
| 腰带 腰帶 | belt | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 女警 女警 | policewoman | |
| 察 察 | examine, investigate; notice | |
| 别处 別處 | elsewhere | |
| 五洲 五洲 | five continents; the world | |
| 自习 自習 | to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons); to study in one's free time; individual study | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 兑 兌 | cash; exchange | |
| 资产阶级 資產階級 | the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie | |
| 尾 尾 | tail, extremity; end, stern | |
| 这阵儿 這陣兒 | now; at present; at this juncture | |
| 配钥匙 配鑰匙 | to make a key | |
| 无意中 無意中 | accidentally; unintentionally; unexpectedly | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 诗意 詩意 | poetry; poetic quality or flavor | |
| 好汉不提当年勇 好漢不提當年勇 | a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom) | |
| 访 訪 | visit; ask, inquire | |
| 恋 戀 | love; long for, yearn for; love | |
| 天色 天色 | color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather | |
| 反革命 反革命 | counterrevolutionary | |
| 无产阶级 無產階級 | proletariat | |
| 专政 專政 | dictatorship | |
| 自居 自居 | to consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be | |
| 戴上 戴上 | to put on (hat etc) | |
| 去冰 去冰 | without ice; no ice (when ordering drinks) | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 处女 處女 | virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work) | |
| 抽出 抽出 | to take out; to extract | |
| 随之 隨之 | thereupon; subsequently; accordingly | |
| 万分痛苦 萬分痛苦 | excruciating | |
| 开水 開水 | boiled water; boiling water | |
| 点名 點名 | roll call; to mention sb by name; (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name | |
| 上楼 上樓 | to go upstairs | |
| 期末 期末 | end of term | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 议论 議論 | to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion | |
| 气球 氣球 | balloon | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 格外 格外 | especially; particularly | |
| 食堂 食堂 | dining hall; cafeteria | |
| 默默 默默 | in silence; not speaking | |
| 鲜花 鮮花 | flower; fresh flowers | |
| 抄 抄 | to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms |