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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| 湿 濕 | moist; wet | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 失望 失望 | disappointed; to lose hope; to despair | |
| 措施 措施 | measure; step | |
| 冰 冰 | ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine | |
| 刺激 刺激 | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 依然 依然 | still; as before | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 彻底 徹底 | thorough; thoroughly; complete | |
| 提醒 提醒 | to remind; to call attention to; to warn of | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 想象 想象 | to imagine; to envision; imagination | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 巨大 巨大 | huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 政治 政治 | politics; political | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 或许 或許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 引起 引起 | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 加入 加入 | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter |