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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| 音信 音信 | message | |
| 把门 把門 | to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate | |
| 凉水 涼水 | cool water; unboiled water | |
| 不由得 不由得 | can't help; cannot but | |
| 做客 做客 | to be a guest or visitor | |
| 国庆 國慶 | National Day | |
| 年底 年底 | the end of the year; year-end | |
| 现代化 現代化 | modernization | |
| 功课 功課 | homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study | |
| 农村 農村 | rural area; village | |
| 彩色 彩色 | color; multicolored | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 气候 氣候 | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) | |
| 亲切 親切 | amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar | |
| 旅馆 旅館 | hotel | |
| 服务员 服務員 | waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel | |
| 冬 冬 | winter | |
| 家属 家屬 | family member; (family) dependent | |
| 观念 觀念 | notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 头脑 頭腦 | brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss | |
| 往往 往往 | usually; in many cases; more often than not | |
| 热烈 熱烈 | enthusiastic; ardent; warm | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 考验 考驗 | to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal | |
| 集体 集體 | collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group | |
| 游泳 游泳 | swimming; to swim | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 欢乐 歡樂 | gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay | |
| 体会 體會 | to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 传说 傳說 | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | |
| 谈话 談話 | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation | |
| 发动 發動 | to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse | |
| 课程 課程 | course; academic program | |
| 把握 把握 | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) | |
| 开放 開放 | to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 情感 情感 | feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally) | |
| 愿望 願望 | desire; wish | |
| 分别 分別 | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 上升 上升 | to rise; to go up; to ascend | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 丰富 豐富 | to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops |