Our Shining Days

Our Shining Days 2017

shǎnguāng shào

A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.

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4.16 Intermediate Director Wang Ran IMDb 6.6

Cast

Vocabulary

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jiā to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
shǐ history HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
gǒu tiào qiáng a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom); to be driven to desperate action Idiom ∼HSK 3
sòng to throw away one's life Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
méi zhǔn r erhua variant of 没准; not sure; maybe Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
調 pǎo diào to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
xuè lit. to inject chicken blood; (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly) Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
Míng cháo Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xià Shāng zhōu Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Chūn qiū Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
fēng old style; old custom; a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka ∼HSK 3
diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
yǒu zhāo one day; sometime in the future ∼HSK 3
shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
yīn yuè xué yuàn music academy; conservatory ∼HSK 3
yǐn shuǐ water dispenser; water cooler; drinking fountain ∼HSK 3
jiāo xiǎng yuè duì symphony orchestra ∼HSK 3
měi zhōu every week ∼HSK 3
xué sheng zhèng student identity card ∼HSK 3
zhēng guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin during Tang and Song times) ∼HSK 3
dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
yīn to pronounce; pronunciation; to emit sound ∼HSK 3
to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
insignificant; trifling; merely ∼HSK 3
zǎo wash, bathe ∼HSK 3