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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头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
掉下 掉下 diào xià to drop down; to fall ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
俄 俄 É sudden(ly), soon; Russian ∼HSK 2
脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot ∼HSK 2
了无 了無 liǎo wú to completely lack; to have not even the slightest ∼HSK 2
大院 大院 dà yuàn courtyard; compound ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
外院 外院 wài yuàn outer courtyard ∼HSK 2
肮脏 骯髒 āng zāng dirty; filthy; despicable ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
家当 家當 jiā dàng familial property; belongings ∼HSK 2
小鸡 小雞 xiǎo jī chick ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle ∼HSK 2
道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics; study of Daoism; school for Daoism in Tang and Song times; Daoist magic; another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism ∼HSK 2
吹嘘 吹噓 chuī xū to brag ∼HSK 2
道出 道出 dào chū to speak; to tell; to voice ∼HSK 2
熟睡 熟睡 shú shuì asleep; sleeping soundly ∼HSK 2
去得 去得 qù de can go ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
开眼 開眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
气流 氣流 qì liú stream of air; airflow; slipstream; draft; breath; turbulence (of aircraft) ∼HSK 2
头一 頭一 tóu yī the first ∼HSK 2
脸蛋 臉蛋 liǎn dàn cheek; face ∼HSK 2
拉练 拉練 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc); (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
咱家 咱家 zá jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression ∼HSK 2
周身 周身 zhōu shēn whole body ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
红日 紅日 hóng rì sun ∼HSK 2
党员 黨員 dǎng yuán party member ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
丫挺 丫挺 yā tǐng (Beijing dialect) bastard; damned ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
谢意 謝意 xiè yì gratitude; thanks ∼HSK 2