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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 永垂不朽 永垂不朽 | eternal glory; will never be forgotten | |
| 军港 軍港 | naval port; naval base | |
| 犯事 犯事 | to break the law; to commit a crime | |
| 顺眼 順眼 | pleasing to the eye; nice to look at | |
| 假洋鬼子 假洋鬼子 | (derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners | |
| 沙丘 沙丘 | sand dune; sandy hill | |
| 胸襟 胸襟 | lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 小妖精 小妖精 | goblin; hussy; floozy | |
| 公家 公家 | the public; the state; society; the public purse | |
| 充分考虑 充分考慮 | to give sufficient consideration to | |
| 小摊 小攤 | vendor's stall | |
| 哑巴 啞巴 | a mute; mute; silent | |
| 电磨 電磨 | electric mill (for grinding wheat etc) | |
| 打井 打井 | to dig a well | |
| 炊烟 炊煙 | smoke from kitchen chimneys | |
| 飘荡 飄盪 | to drift; to wave; to float on the waves; to flutter in the wind | |
| 采煤 採煤 | coal mining; coal extraction; coal cutting | |
| 人道主义 人道主義 | humanism; humanitarian (aid) | |
| 不负 不負 | to live up to | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 拖住 拖住 | to hold up; to hinder; to stall | |
| 红粉 紅粉 | rouge and powder; (fig.) the fair sex | |
| 可喜 可喜 | making one happy; gratifying; heartening | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 妖道 妖道 | demonic Daoist | |
| 仰躺 仰躺 | to lie on one's back | |
| 主导权 主導權 | leadership (role) | |
| 播送 播送 | to broadcast; to transmit; to beam | |
| 通缉令 通緝令 | order for arrest; wanted circular; wanted poster | |
| 口齿不清 口齒不清 | to lisp; unclear articulation; inarticulate | |
| 收税 收稅 | to collect tax | |
| 减税 減稅 | to reduce the tax rate | |
| 枕木 枕木 | railroad tie; sleeper | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 录音机 錄音機 | (tape) recording machine; tape recorder | |
| 近视 近視 | shortsighted; nearsighted; myopia | |
| 公鸡 公雞 | cock; rooster | |
| 省钱 省錢 | to save money | |
| 海浪 海浪 | sea wave | |
| 公安 公安 | (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security | |
| 分工 分工 | to divide up the work; division of labor | |
| 补助 補助 | to subsidize; subsidy; allowance | |
| 变换 變換 | to transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate; a transformation | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 奔跑 奔跑 | to run | |
| 法语 法語 | French (language) | |
| 陪同 陪同 | to accompany | |
| 假日 假日 | holiday; non-working day | |
| 黑夜 黑夜 | night |