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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贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
折磨 折磨 zhé mó to torment; to torture HSK 7
豪华 豪華 háo huá luxurious HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
人体 人體 rén tǐ human body HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
栋 棟 dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
吻 吻 wěn kiss; to kiss; mouth HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 Wén surname Wen HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple Idiom ∼HSK 6
闻所未闻 聞所未聞 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event Idiom ∼HSK 6
贪官污吏 貪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption Idiom ∼HSK 6
前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain Idiom ∼HSK 6
一意孤行 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic Idiom ∼HSK 6
破罐破摔 破罐破摔 pò guàn - pò shuāi lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom); fig. to give up altogether after a setback; to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell Idiom ∼HSK 6
坚韧不拔 堅韌不拔 jiān rèn bù bá firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding Idiom ∼HSK 6
小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag; (old) child bride Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装模作样 裝模作樣 zhuāng mó - zuò yàng (idiom) to put on an act; to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
破玩意儿 破玩意兒 pò wán yì ér (coll.) lousy thing; piece of junk; worthless gadget Colloquialism ∼HSK 6