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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惊愕 驚愕 jīng è (literary) stunned; stupefied ∼HSK 6
锐利 銳利 ruì lì sharp; keen; acute; incisive; penetrating; perceptive ∼HSK 6
箭头 箭頭 jiàn tóu arrowhead; arrow symbol ∼HSK 6
烟瘾 煙癮 yān yǐn the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction ∼HSK 6
弹拨乐 彈撥樂 tán bō yuè plucked string music ∼HSK 6
弦乐 弦樂 xián yuè string music ∼HSK 6
吉它 吉它 jí tā a guitar ∼HSK 6
一惊一乍 一驚一乍 yī jīng yī zhà frightened; flustered ∼HSK 6
铁丝网 鐵絲網 tiě sī wǎng wire netting ∼HSK 6
特异功能 特異功能 tè yì gōng néng supernatural power; extrasensory perception ∼HSK 6
沉积 沉積 chén jī sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology) ∼HSK 6
烟灰 煙灰 yān huī cigarette ash ∼HSK 6
混进 混進 hùn jìn to infiltrate; to sneak into ∼HSK 6
蒙蒙亮 矇矇亮 mēng mēng liàng dawn; the first glimmer of light ∼HSK 6
鸡皮疙瘩 雞皮疙瘩 jī pí gē da goose pimples; goose bumps ∼HSK 6
发麻 發麻 fā má to feel numb ∼HSK 6
荒草 荒草 huāng cǎo weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland ∼HSK 6
畏罪自杀 畏罪自殺 wèi zuì zì shā to commit suicide to escape punishment ∼HSK 6
大地主 大地主 dà dì zhǔ a large landowner ∼HSK 6
皮肉之苦 皮肉之苦 pí ròu zhī kǔ physical pain; lit. skin and flesh suffer ∼HSK 6
愤然 憤然 fèn rán (literary) angry; irate ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
同日 同日 tóng rì same day; simultaneous ∼HSK 6
蹦儿 蹦兒 bèng r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
赌钱 賭錢 dǔ qián to gamble ∼HSK 6
消气 消氣 xiāo qì to cool one's temper ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
搭理 搭理 dā li variant of ∼HSK 6
捉弄 捉弄 zhuō nòng to tease ∼HSK 6
真伪 真偽 zhēn wěi true or bogus; authenticity ∼HSK 6
皎洁 皎潔 jiǎo jié shining clean; bright (moonlight) ∼HSK 6
傻逼 傻逼 shǎ bī variant of ∼HSK 6
退票 退票 tuì piào to bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
楼道 樓道 lóu dào corridor; passageway (in storied building) HSK 6
恩人 恩人 ēn rén a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else HSK 6
中华 中華 Zhōng huá China (alternate formal name) HSK 6
遍地 遍地 biàn dì everywhere; all over HSK 6
民歌 民歌 mín gē folk song HSK 6
礼堂 禮堂 lǐ táng assembly hall; auditorium HSK 6
甭 甭 béng (contraction of 用) need not; please don't HSK 6
跳水 跳水 tiào shuǐ to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically HSK 6
远方 遠方 yuǎn fāng far away; a distant location HSK 6
中期 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc) HSK 6
强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force); bandit; robber HSK 6
来往 來往 lái wǎng to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with HSK 6
战友 戰友 zhàn yǒu comrade-in-arms; battle companion HSK 6
光辉 光輝 guāng huī radiance; glory; brilliant; magnificent HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6