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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到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
大烟 大煙 dà yān opium ∼HSK 3
裤衩 褲衩 kù chǎ underpants ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
知心 知心 zhī xīn caring; intimate ∼HSK 3
新任 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office) ∼HSK 3
连书 連書 lián shū to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) ∼HSK 3
七十年代 七十年代 qī shí nián dài the seventies; the 1970s ∼HSK 3
破鞋 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes; worn-out footwear; loose woman; slut ∼HSK 3
齐步 齊步 qí bù to match (sb's) stride ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
二战 二戰 Èr zhàn World War II ∼HSK 3
在朝 在朝 zài cháo sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members) ∼HSK 3
搬走 搬走 bān zǒu to carry ∼HSK 3
复员 復員 fù yuán to demobilize; demobilization ∼HSK 3
脸皮 臉皮 liǎn pí face; cheek ∼HSK 3
终日 終日 zhōng rì all day long ∼HSK 3
铁皮 鐵皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) ∼HSK 3
芳香 芳香 fāng xiāng fragrant; aromatic; fragrance; aroma ∼HSK 3
管得着 管得著 guǎn de zháo to concern oneself with (a matter); to make (sth) one's business ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
派出所 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
平板车 平板車 píng bǎn chē handcart; trolley; flatbed truck ∼HSK 3
总医院 總醫院 zǒng yī yuàn general hospital ∼HSK 3
总要 總要 zǒng yào nevertheless ∼HSK 3
生离死别 生離死別 shēng lí sǐ bié separated in life and death; to part for ever ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
上心 上心 shàng xīn carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth ∼HSK 3
期终 期終 qī zhōng end of a fixed term ∼HSK 3
农 農 Nóng agriculture, farming; farmer ∼HSK 3
酒厂 酒廠 jiǔ chǎng wine factory; distillery ∼HSK 3
牛虻 牛虻 niú méng gadfly (Tabanus bovinus) ∼HSK 3
旧书 舊書 jiù shū second-hand book; old book; ancient book ∼HSK 3
相称 相稱 xiāng chèn to match; to suit; mutually compatible ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
乱动 亂動 luàn dòng to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about ∼HSK 3
乱花 亂花 luàn huā to spend recklessly; to waste money ∼HSK 3
领走 領走 lǐng zǒu to lead (sb, or an animal) away; to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand); to take away ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
资本家 資本家 zī běn jiā capitalist ∼HSK 3
状 狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
饱受 飽受 bǎo shòu to endure; to suffer; to be subjected to ∼HSK 3
死去 死去 sǐ qù to die ∼HSK 3
断送 斷送 duàn sòng to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined ∼HSK 3
死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death; posthumous ∼HSK 3
造句 造句 zào jù sentence-making ∼HSK 3
使坏 使壞 shǐ huài to play dirty tricks; to be up to mischief ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3