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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| 一号 一號 | first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 动口 動口 | to use one's mouth (to say sth) | |
| 看在 看在 | (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... | |
| 老老 老老 | maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 | |
| 差点 差點 | almost; nearly | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 小孩儿 小孩兒 | erhua variant of 小孩; child | |
| 南边 南邊 | south; south side; southern part; to the south of | |
| 书包 書包 | schoolbag; satchel; bookbag | |
| 下课 下課 | to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired | |
| 渴 渴 | thirsty | |
| 后天 後天 | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori | |
| 从来不 從來不 | never | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 放学 放學 | to dismiss students at the end of the school day | |
| 电视机 電視機 | television set | |
| 放假 放假 | to have a holiday or vacation | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 马路 馬路 | street; road | |
| 爱好 愛好 | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby | |
| 北京 北京 | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China | |
| 外国 外國 | foreign (country) | |
| 中学 中學 | middle school | |
| 饭店 飯店 | restaurant; hotel | |
| 小学 小學 | elementary school; primary school | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 男朋友 男朋友 | boyfriend | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 上课 上課 | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class | |
| 女朋友 女朋友 | girlfriend | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 门口 門口 | doorway; gate | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 页 頁 | head | |
| 知识 知識 | knowledge; intellectual | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart |