Red Sorghum 1988
红高粱
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
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Vocabulary
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| 照发 照發 | approved for distribution; to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave) | |
| 停火 停火 | to cease fire; ceasefire | |
| 爷们 爺們 | menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 亲嘴 親嘴 | to kiss (on the mouth) | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 怕死 怕死 | to be scared of dying | |
| 生火 生火 | to make a fire; to light a fire | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 指派 指派 | to assign; to appoint; assignment | |
| 抗日 抗日 | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 逾 踰 | go over, pass over, exceed | |
| 决口 決口 | (of a watercourse) to breach its banks; (of a dam) to burst | |
| 大叔 大叔 | eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 凉水 涼水 | cool water; unboiled water | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 房屋 房屋 | house; building | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 至今 至今 | so far; to this day; until now | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet | |
| 土 土 | earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 初 初 | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic | |
| 困 困 | to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 周围 周圍 | environs; surroundings; periphery | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 规定 規定 | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome |