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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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 表哥 表哥 | older male cousin via female line | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 出问题 出問題 | to have sth go wrong; to have a problem arise; to give problems | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 挺住 挺住 | to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) | |
| 面的 麵的 | abbr. of; minivan taxi | |
| 下馆子 下館子 | to eat out; to eat at a restaurant | |
| 头上 頭上 | overhead; above | |
| 意会 意會 | to sense; to grasp intuitively | |
| 白头 白頭 | hoary head; old age | |
| 身穿 身穿 | to wear (a garment) | |
| 维 維 | maintain, preserve, safeguard | |
| 门市 門市 | retail sales; retail outlet; store | |
| 家当 家當 | familial property; belongings | |
| 酒家 酒家 | restaurant; bartender; (old) wineshop; tavern | |
| 个头儿 個頭兒 | size; height; stature | |
| 不太 不太 | Not too | |
| 不像话 不像話 | unreasonable; shocking; outrageous | |
| 那会儿 那會兒 | at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r] | |
| 零下 零下 | below zero | |
| 碰见 碰見 | to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 没意思 沒意思 | boring; of no interest | |
| 洗衣机 洗衣機 | washing machine; washer | |
| 请客 請客 | to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner | |
| 晴 晴 | clear; fine (weather) | |
| 海边 海邊 | coast; seaside; seashore; beach | |
| 西北 西北 | Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) | |
| 气温 氣溫 | air temperature | |
| 夜里 夜裡 | during the night; at night; nighttime | |
| 旅客 旅客 | traveler; tourist | |
| 天上 天上 | celestial; heavenly | |
| 坏人 壞人 | bad person; villain | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 多云 多雲 | cloudy (meteorology) | |
| 平等 平等 | equal; equality | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 全家 全家 | whole family | |
| 校园 校園 | campus | |
| 笑话 笑話 | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 晚会 晚會 | evening party | |
| 这时 這時 | at this time; at this moment | |
| 今后 今後 | hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on | |
| 周年 週年 | anniversary; annual | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 冬天 冬天 | winter | |
| 停车 停車 | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall | |
| 南方 南方 | south; the southern part of the country; the South |