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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老妈子 老媽子 lǎo mā zi older female servant; amah ∼HSK 1
哥儿 哥兒 gē r brothers; boys ∼HSK 1
天涯 天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world; a faraway place ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
没影 沒影 méi yǐng to vanish; to be nowhere to be found; unfounded (story) ∼HSK 1
绊住 絆住 bàn zhù to entangle; to hinder; to impede movement ∼HSK 1
进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc); to get flooded; inflow of water ∼HSK 1
做小 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
工学 工學 gōng xué engineering; industrial science ∼HSK 1
月工 月工 yuè gōng worker employed by the month ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
每年 每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
午 午 wǔ noon; 7th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 1
找着 找著 zhǎo zháo to find ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
在后 在後 zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things; two unrelated matters ∼HSK 1
记错 記錯 jì cuò to remember incorrectly ∼HSK 1
上天 上天 shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
说起 說起 shuō qǐ to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for ∼HSK 1
地儿 地兒 dì r place; space ∼HSK 1
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1
老本 老本 lǎo běn capital; assets; savings; nest egg; (fig.) reputation; laurels (to rest upon); old edition of a book; (tree) trunk ∼HSK 1
下半 下半 xià bàn second half ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
回见 回見 huí jiàn See you later! ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
回事 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
学好 學好 xué hǎo to follow good examples ∼HSK 1
看不出 看不出 kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
叫早 叫早 jiào zǎo to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel) ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
五四 五四 wǔ sì fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles ∼HSK 1
不忙 不忙 bù máng there's no hurry; take one's time ∼HSK 1
好玩 好玩 hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) ∼HSK 1