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Platform 2001

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China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

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4.03 Intermediate Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 80%

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Vocabulary

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huī to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand; fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
ě xīn nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) Xiehouyu HSK 4
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chéng hán Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Máo Zhǔ Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wēn zhōu Wenzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Dǎng Zhōng yāng Central Committee of the CCP Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yǒng píng Yongping county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wài Měng Outer Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Margaret (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Máo dōng xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhōng Yīng Sino-British; Chinese-English Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sòng Jiāng Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xiào Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang, Shanxi 山西 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Perak (state of Malaysia) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tài yuán Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lóng wáng Dragon King (mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Hóng Hongqi district of Xinxiang city, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor who turned into bird Jingwei after drowning Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
KGB (Soviet secret police); member of the KGB Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
lán tuō Ulaanbaatar or Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Nèi měng Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
jīn Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Dǒu Niú Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Dèng jūn Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
jūn geographical area of command; (PLA) military district Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jìn zhōng Jinzhong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
liáng Lüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
qiē ěr ren Mrs Thatcher; Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
huì Dehui, county-level city in Changchun, Jilin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wubu County in Yulin, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4