Mountains May Depart 2015
山河故人
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
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Vocabulary
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| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 正式 正式 | formal; official | |
| 必要 必要 | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 地区 地區 | local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 同意 同意 | to agree; to consent; to approve | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 理解 理解 | to comprehend; to understand | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 建议 建議 | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation | |
| 技术 技術 | technology; technique; skill | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 联系 聯繫 | connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch | |
| 确定 確定 | definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box) | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 美元 美元 | American dollar; US dollar | |
| 转 轉 | see 转文 | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 情况 情況 | circumstances; state of affairs; situation | |
| 世界 世界 | world | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 种 種 | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial |