Revolution of Our Times

Revolution of Our Times 2021

时代革命 shídài gémìng

Throughout Hong Kong’s history, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, a controversial extradition bill was introduced that would allow Hongkongers to be tried in mainland China. This decision spurred massive protests, riots, and resistance against heavy-handed Chinese rule over the City-State. Award-winning director Kiwi Chow documents the events to tell the story of the movement, with both a macro view of its historical context and footage and interviews from protestors on the front lines.

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4.78 Intermediate Director Kiwi Chow Kwun-Wai IMDb 8.5

Cast

Hongkongers Self Benny Tai Yiu-ting Self Gwyneth Ho Self

Vocabulary

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散开 散開 sàn kāi to separate; to disperse ∼HSK 4
兑 兌 Duì cash; exchange ∼HSK 4
抄小路 抄小路 chāo xiǎo lù to take the back roads; to take the side streets; to take the small paths ∼HSK 4
阵子 陣子 zhèn zi period of time ∼HSK 4
指挥官 指揮官 zhǐ huī guān commander ∼HSK 4
禁 禁 jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
揭开 揭開 jiē kāi to uncover; to open ∼HSK 4
失联 失聯 shī lián to lose contact; to be lost ∼HSK 4
冲走 沖走 chōng zǒu to flush away ∼HSK 4
有方 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right; to use the correct method ∼HSK 4
邓 鄧 Dèng surname ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
反人类 反人類 fǎn rén lèi inhuman ∼HSK 4
阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group); line of battle; alignment (towards a political party etc) ∼HSK 4
基本法 基本法 jī běn fǎ basic law (constitutional document) ∼HSK 4
警局 警局 jǐng jú police department; police station; abbr. of 警察局 ∼HSK 4
全职 全職 quán zhí full-time (job) ∼HSK 4
族群 族群 zú qún ethnic group; community ∼HSK 4
拒 拒 jù ward off with hand, defend ∼HSK 4
默 默 mò silent; quiet, still; dark ∼HSK 4
近代 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949) HSK 4
大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) HSK 4
树叶 樹葉 shù yè tree leaves HSK 4
堵车 堵車 dǔ chē traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
巴士 巴士 bā shì bus (loanword); motor coach HSK 4
未必 未必 wèi bì not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
两边 兩邊 liǎng bian either side; both sides HSK 4
毛巾 毛巾 máo jīn towel HSK 4
手套 手套 shǒu tào glove; mitten HSK 4
纪律 紀律 jì lǜ discipline HSK 4
伞 傘 sǎn umbrella; parasol HSK 4
避 避 bì to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
泪 淚 lèi tears HSK 4
集合 集合 jí hé to gather; to assemble; (math.) set HSK 4
赞成 贊成 zàn chéng to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist HSK 4
对比 對比 duì bǐ to contrast; contrast; ratio HSK 4
浓 濃 nóng concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc) HSK 4
汽油 汽油 qì yóu gasoline HSK 4
说服 說服 shuō fú to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú] HSK 4
被迫 被迫 bèi pò to be compelled; to be forced HSK 4
前途 前途 qián tú prospects; future outlook; journey HSK 4
办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
单纯 單純 dān chún simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely HSK 4
尽力 盡力 jìn lì to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort HSK 4
亲密 親密 qīn mì intimate; close HSK 4
收回 收回 shōu huí to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke HSK 4
多次 多次 duō cì many times; repeatedly HSK 4
奋斗 奮鬥 fèn dòu to strive; to struggle HSK 4