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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| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 一块儿 一塊兒 | erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 上海 上海 | Shanghai municipality | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 澳门 澳門 | Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 德国 德國 | Germany | Proper Noun |
| 山西大学 山西大學 | Shanxi University | Proper Noun |
| 三明 三明 | Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province | Proper Noun |
| 五月 五月 | May; fifth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 天山 天山 | Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan | Proper Noun |
| 法国 法國 | France | Proper Noun |
| 苹果手机 蘋果手機 | iPhone | Proper Noun |
| 榆次 榆次 | Yuci district of Jinzhong city, Shanxi | Proper Noun |
| 广东 廣東 | Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou | Proper Noun |
| 山西 山西 | Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 妈咪 媽咪 | mommy (loanword) | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 慢走 慢走 | Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 买下 買下 | to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) | |
| 学好 學好 | to follow good examples | |
| 好朋友 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 试一试 試一試 | to have a try |