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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| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 一块儿 一塊兒 | erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 朝鲜 朝鮮 | North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1] | Proper Noun |
| 苏联 蘇聯 | Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) | Proper Noun |
| 国大 國大 | abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005); abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS); abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (I | Proper Noun |
| 十月 十月 | October; tenth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 八月 八月 | August; eighth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 人大 人大 | Renmin University of China | Proper Noun |
| 一月 一月 | January; first month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 怎么着 怎麼著 | what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 彪子 彪子 | (dialect) idiot; simpleton | |
| 变得 變得 | to become |