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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| 警棍 警棍 | police truncheon | |
| 暴政 暴政 | tyranny; despotic rule | |
| 酸溜溜 酸溜溜 | sour; acid | |
| 愤恨 憤恨 | to hate; hatred; to resent; embittered | |
| 昂首 昂首 | head high; in high spirits; to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) | |
| 彷徨 彷徨 | to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver | |
| 迷雾 迷霧 | dense fog; fig. completely misleading | |
| 齐集 齊集 | to gather; to assemble | |
| 不朽 不朽 | to last forever; eternal; enduring | |
| 凉鞋 涼鞋 | sandal | |
| 首次 首次 | first; first time; for the first time | |
| 内地 內地 | mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization) | |
| 民意 民意 | public opinion; popular will; public will | |
| 山坡 山坡 | hillside | |
| 一齐 一齊 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 分工 分工 | to divide up the work; division of labor | |
| 大批 大批 | large quantities of | |
| 化解 化解 | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) | |
| 镇压 鎮壓 | suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell | |
| 峰会 峰會 | summit meeting | |
| 橙 橙 | orange tree; orange (color) | |
| 背心 背心 | sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) | |
| 背着 背著 | carrying on one's back | |
| 复苏 復甦 | to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 氧气 氧氣 | oxygen | |
| 战友 戰友 | comrade-in-arms; battle companion | |
| 光辉 光輝 | radiance; glory; brilliant; magnificent | |
| 捕 捕 | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 昏 昏 | muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 罢工 罷工 | a strike; to go on strike | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 便是 便是 | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as | |
| 追究 追究 | to investigate; to look into | |
| 压迫 壓迫 | to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) | |
| 衡量 衡量 | to weigh; to examine; to consider | |
| 奇妙 奇妙 | fantastic; wonderful | |
| 高峰 高峰 | peak; summit; height | |
| 政权 政權 | regime; political power | |
| 海底 海底 | seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean | |
| 发放 發放 | to provide; to give; to grant | |
| 出动 出動 | to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops | |
| 翼 翼 | surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 差异 差異 | difference; discrepancy | |
| 出路 出路 | a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products) | |
| 消耗 消耗 | to use up; to consume |