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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| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 哥们儿 哥們兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 来着 來著 | auxiliary showing sth happened in the past | |
| 我这儿 我這兒 | where I am; my place | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 十六 十六 | sixteen; 16 | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 买菜 買菜 | to buy groceries | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 高远 高遠 | lofty | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 锥子 錐子 | awl | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 天哪 天哪 | good heavens!; oh my God! | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 这么着 這麼著 | thus; in this way; like this | |
| 几号 幾號 | (slang) heroin | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 两国 兩國 | both countries; the two countries | |
| 最高 最高 | tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 站起来 站起來 | to stand up | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 小事 小事 | trifle; trivial matter | |
| 的哥 的哥 | male taxi driver; cabbie (slang) | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time | |
| 看上 看上 | to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 歌儿 歌兒 | song | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 早来 早來 | to arrive early | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 车子 車子 | car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 怎么说呢 怎麼說呢 | Why is that?; How come? |