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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| 羊 羊 | sheep; goat | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 现象 現象 | phenomenon; appearance | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 强烈 強烈 | strong; intense | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 成长 成長 | to mature; to grow; growth | |
| 仅仅 僅僅 | barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more) | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 形象 形象 | image; form; figure; visualization; vivid | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 印象 印象 | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 阳光 陽光 | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 对象 對象 | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 采取 採取 | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 复杂 複雜 | complicated; complex | |
| 周围 周圍 | environs; surroundings; periphery | |
| 文化 文化 | culture; civilization; cultural | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 制造 製造 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 团 團 | round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) | |
| 事实上 事實上 | in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto | |
| 演出 演出 | to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show | |
| 消失 消失 | to disappear; to fade away | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 各种 各種 | every kind of; all kinds of; various | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 美好 美好 | beautiful; fine | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody |