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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片甲不留 片甲不留 piàn jiǎ bù liú 片: slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91 · 甲: armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 留: stop, halt; stay, detain, keep Idiom ∼HSK 7
民不畏死 民不畏死 mín bù wèi sǐ 民: people, subjects, citizens · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 畏: fear, dread, awe, reverence · 死: die; dead; death Idiom ∼HSK 7
举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom); influential Idiom HSK 7
十字路口 十字路口 shí zì lù kǒu crossroads; intersection Idiom HSK 7
吹了 吹了 chuī le failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship) Xiehouyu HSK 7
微不足道 微不足道 wēi bù zú dào negligible; insignificant Xiehouyu HSK 7
自发 自發 zì fā spontaneous Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
完蛋 完蛋 wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out Xiehouyu HSK 7
夸张 誇張 kuā zhāng to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
私家车 私家車 sī jiā chē private car HSK 7
埋没 埋沒 mái mò to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion HSK 7
和气 和氣 hé qi friendly; polite; amiable HSK 7
隐性 隱性 yǐn xìng hidden; crypto-; recessive (gene) HSK 7
包庇 包庇 bāo bì to shield; to harbor; to cover up HSK 7
抱负 抱負 bào fù aspiration; ambition HSK 7
原材料 原材料 yuán cái liào raw and semifinished materials HSK 7
空隙 空隙 kòng xì crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events HSK 7
钻研 鑽研 zuān yán to study meticulously; to delve into HSK 7
愈来愈 愈來愈 yù lái yù more and more HSK 7
坚韧 堅韌 jiān rèn tough and durable; tenacious HSK 7
专制 專制 zhuān zhì autocracy; dictatorship HSK 7
口罩 口罩 kǒu zhào mask (surgical etc) HSK 7
绷带 繃帶 bēng dài bandage (loanword) HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7
停滞 停滯 tíng zhì stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down HSK 7
抗衡 抗衡 kàng héng to compete with; to vie with; to counter HSK 7
摧残 摧殘 cuī cán to ravage; to ruin HSK 7
深信 深信 shēn xìn to believe firmly HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
敷衍 敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by HSK 7
觉醒 覺醒 jué xǐng to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware HSK 7
堆积 堆積 duī jī to pile up; to heap; accumulation HSK 7
唤起 喚起 huàn qǐ to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc) HSK 7
汇聚 匯聚 huì jù convergence; to come together HSK 7
无理 無理 wú lǐ irrational; unreasonable HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
姓氏 姓氏 xìng shì family name HSK 7
血缘 血緣 xuè yuán bloodline HSK 7
曙光 曙光 shǔ guāng dawn; fig. the dawn of a new era HSK 7
对峙 對峙 duì zhì to stand opposite; to confront; confrontation HSK 7
迈进 邁進 mài jìn to step in; to stride forward; to forge ahead HSK 7
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
闸 閘 zhá gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker HSK 7
呐喊 吶喊 nà hǎn shout; rallying cry; cheering; to shout HSK 7
关头 關頭 guān tóu juncture; moment HSK 7
守候 守候 shǒu hòu to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse HSK 7