Revolution of Our Times 2021
时代革命
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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Vocabulary
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| 列车 列車 | (railway) train | |
| 形容 形容 | to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 有限 有限 | limited; finite | |
| 填 填 | to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in | |
| 装修 裝修 | to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate | |
| 善良 善良 | good and honest; kindhearted | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 转身 轉身 | (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 阵 陣 | disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration | |
| 相处 相處 | to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly) | |
| 电梯 電梯 | elevator; escalator | |
| 大陆 大陸 | mainland China (reference to the PRC) | |
| 大楼 大樓 | building (a relatively large, multistory one) | |
| 堵 堵 | to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls) | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 迟到 遲到 | to arrive late | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 独特 獨特 | unique; distinctive | |
| 统一 統一 | to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated | |
| 总之 總之 | in a word; in short; in brief | |
| 教训 教訓 | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson | |
| 运气 運氣 | luck (good or bad) | |
| 黑暗 黑暗 | dark; darkly; darkness | |
| 聚 聚 | to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize | |
| 交换 交換 | to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute | |
| 关闭 關閉 | to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 作出 作出 | to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 松 松 | pine | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 承受 承受 | to bear; to support; to inherit | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 实施 實施 | to implement; to carry out | |
| 镜头 鏡頭 | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene | |
| 维持 維持 | to keep; to maintain; to preserve | |
| 限制 限制 | to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 背景 背景 | background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 登记 登記 | to register (one's name) | |
| 承担 承擔 | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) | |
| 箱 箱 | box; trunk; chest | |
| 吸 吸 | to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale | |
| 主席 主席 | chairperson; premier; chairman | |
| 资源 資源 | Ziyuan county in Guilin 林, Guangxi | |
| 阻止 阻止 | to prevent; to block |