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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溜号 溜號 liū hào (coll.) to slink off Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
真格的 真格的 zhēn gé de (coll.) serious; real; true Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
冰棍 冰棍 bīng gùn popsicle; ice lolly ∼HSK 6
牛逼 牛逼 niú bī variant of ∼HSK 6
板砖 板磚 bǎn zhuān (dialect) wall brick ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
开炮 開砲 kāi pào to open fire ∼HSK 6
出人命 出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death ∼HSK 6
捷径 捷徑 jié jìng shortcut ∼HSK 6
琵琶 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard ∼HSK 6
吃醋 吃醋 chī cù to feel jealous ∼HSK 6
烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning; slash-and-burn (agriculture) ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
激荡 激盪 jī dàng to rage; to dash; to surge ∼HSK 6
雨露 雨露 yǔ lù rain and dew; (fig.) favor; grace ∼HSK 6
世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war ∼HSK 6
农奴 農奴 nóng nú serf ∼HSK 6
打赌 打賭 dǎ dǔ to bet; to make a bet; a wager ∼HSK 6
破玩意儿 破玩意兒 pò wán yì ér 破: break, ruin, destroy; rout · 玩: play with, joke, enjoy · 意: thought, idea, opinion; think · 儿: son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 6
升入 升入 shēng rù to progress to (a higher-level school) ∼HSK 6
车胎 車胎 chē tāi tire ∼HSK 6
希罕 希罕 xī han variant of ∼HSK 6
抗美援朝 抗美援朝 kàng Měi yuán Cháo Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) ∼HSK 6
定时炸弹 定時炸彈 dìng shí zhà dàn time bomb ∼HSK 6
联产 聯產 lián chǎn co-production; cooperative production ∼HSK 6
同父异母 同父異母 tóng fù yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers; half (brother or sister) ∼HSK 6
蓓蕾 蓓蕾 bèi lěi flower bud; young flower still tightly rolled up ∼HSK 6
恍惚 恍惚 huǎng hū absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly ∼HSK 6
游荡 遊蕩 yóu dàng to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle ∼HSK 6
拂晓 拂曉 fú xiǎo daybreak; approach of dawn ∼HSK 6
凶器 兇器 xiōng qì lethal weapon; murder weapon ∼HSK 6
德性 德性 dé xìng moral integrity ∼HSK 6
看不清 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
做功 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) ∼HSK 6
突然袭击 突然襲擊 tū rán xí jī 突: suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly · 然: yes, certainly; pledge, promise · 袭: raid, attack; inherit · 击: strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 6
砖头 磚頭 zhuān tou brick ∼HSK 6
四海之内皆兄弟 四海之內皆兄弟 sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì all men are brothers ∼HSK 6
轻纱 輕紗 qīng shā light muslin; gauze ∼HSK 6
峻峭 峻峭 jùn qiào high and steep ∼HSK 6
遭遇战 遭遇戰 zāo yù zhàn (military) encounter; skirmish ∼HSK 6
一拨儿 一撥兒 yī bō r group of people ∼HSK 6
威震 威震 wēi zhèn to inspire awe ∼HSK 6
什刹海 什剎海 shí chà hǎi Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes ∼HSK 6
芝麻酱 芝麻醬 zhī ma jiàng sesame paste ∼HSK 6
娓娓 娓娓 wěi wěi (to speak) at length; engagingly; captivatingly ∼HSK 6
胆大妄为 膽大妄為 dǎn dà wàng wéi daring; presumptuous; daredevil ∼HSK 6