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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| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 律师 律師 | lawyer | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 引起 引起 | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 加入 加入 | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 参与 參與 | to participate (in sth) | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 总统 總統 | president (of a country) | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 法 㳒 | law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 处 處 | place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point | |
| 对于 對於 | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 光明正大 光明正大 | (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open | Idiom |
| 头破血流 頭破血流 | lit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised | Idiom |
| 不值得 不值得 | unworthy | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 深刻 深刻 | profound; deep; deep-going | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |