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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种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
凤毛麟角 鳳毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎo lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between Idiom ∼HSK 2
鼎鼎大名 鼎鼎大名 dǐng dǐng dà míng famous; celebrated Idiom ∼HSK 2
改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom); (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably; to undergo a transformation Idiom ∼HSK 2
雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom); every cloud has a silver lining (idiom); see also Idiom ∼HSK 2
坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg; scoundrel; bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time; for the first time Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
给脸不要脸 給臉不要臉 gěi liǎn bù yào liǎn (coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
奶油 奶油 nǎi yóu cream; butter; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
米兰 米蘭 Mǐ lán Milano; Milan (Italy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北海 北海 Běi Hǎi North Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal, Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
外交部 外交部 Wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
云霄 雲霄 Yún xiāo Yunxiao county in Zhangzhou, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
东海 東海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
象 象 xiàng elephant; ivory; figure, image ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
走狗 走狗 zǒu gǒu hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
孩 孩 hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
考完 考完 kǎo wán to finish an exam ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2