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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| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 局 侷 | narrow | |
| 获得 獲得 | to obtain; to receive; to get | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 后会有期 後會有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. | Idiom |
| 心上人 心上人 | sweetheart; one's beloved | Xiehouyu |
| 熟人 熟人 | acquaintance; friend | Xiehouyu |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 赶明儿 趕明兒 | (coll.) some day; one of these days | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 莫斯科 莫斯科 | Moscow, capital of Russia | Proper Noun |
| 星期一 星期一 | Monday | Proper Noun |
| 贵州 貴州 | Guizhou Province, capital Guiyang | Proper Noun |
| 东城 東城 | Dongcheng, a district of central Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 中俄尼布楚条约 中俄尼布楚條約 | Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia | Proper Noun |
| 柏林 柏林 | Berlin, capital of Germany | Proper Noun |
| 红军 紅軍 | Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA; (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) | Proper Noun |
| 内务部 內務部 | Ministry of Internal Affairs | Proper Noun |
| 喀秋莎 喀秋莎 | Katyusha (name); name of a Russian wartime song; nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII | Proper Noun |
| 西城 西城 | Xicheng, a district of central Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 内蒙古 內蒙古 | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot | Proper Noun |
| 大夏 大夏 | Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country | Proper Noun |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 游泳衣 游泳衣 | swimsuit; bathing costume | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 有朝 有朝 | one day; sometime in the future | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 菜刀 菜刀 | vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver | |
| 般 般 | sort, manner, kind, category |