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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Cast

Hongkongers Self Benny Tai Yiu-ting Self Gwyneth Ho Self

Vocabulary

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时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
行不通 行不通 xíng bu tōng won't work; will get (you) nowhere Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
带子 帶子 dài zi belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri); comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
字典 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
香港人 香港人 Xiāng gǎng rén Hong Kong person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
习近平 習近平 Xí Jìn píng Xi Jinping (1953-), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of the PRC from 2013 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
红磡 紅磡 Hóng kàn Hung Hom, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
打篮球 打籃球 dǎ lán qiú to play basketball HSK 2
有一点儿 有一點兒 yǒu yī diǎn r a bit; a little HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
警方 警方 jǐng fāng police ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
头盔 頭盔 tóu kuī helmet ∼HSK 2
队友 隊友 duì yǒu teammate; fellow team member ∼HSK 2
过份 過份 guò fèn variant of ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
接人 接人 jiē rén to meet a person ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
背囊 背囊 bèi náng backpack; knapsack; rucksack ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
选中 選中 xuǎn zhòng to select; to choose; to decide on ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
全民 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
套用 套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context); to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation); to borrow (a phrase); (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatti ∼HSK 2
某些 某些 mǒu xiē some; certain (things) ∼HSK 2
诉求 訴求 sù qiú to demand; to call for; to petition; demand; wish; request; to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers); (marketing) message; pitch ∼HSK 2
想像 想像 xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination ∼HSK 2
向后 向後 xiàng hòu backward ∼HSK 2
将会 將會 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2