So Long, My Son 2019
地久天长
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
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Vocabulary
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| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 对于 對於 | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 | secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) | Xiehouyu |
| 不得人心 不得人心 | not to enjoy popular support; to be unpopular | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 进城 進城 | to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) | Proper Noun |
| 村里 村裡 | village; hamlet | Proper Noun |
| 新建 新建 | new construction; newly built | |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 派出所 派出所 | local police station | |
| 生日快乐 生日快樂 | Happy birthday | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 打游戏 打遊戲 | to play a game | |
| 老天爷 老天爺 | God; Heavens | |
| 活人 活人 | living person | |
| 转念 轉念 | to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of | |
| 没准 沒準 | not sure; maybe | |
| 生活方式 生活方式 | way of life; lifestyle | |
| 相干 相干 | relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent | |
| 老土 老土 | old-fashioned; unstylish | |
| 管得着 管得著 | to concern oneself with (a matter); to make (sth) one's business | |
| 生离死别 生離死別 | separated in life and death; to part for ever | |
| 淫乱 淫亂 | promiscuous | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 四个现代化 四個現代化 | Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology; abbr. to | |
| 各级 各級 | all levels | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 大出血 大出血 | to hemorrhage; (fig.) to make a huge loss (in selling sth); to spend a huge sum | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 右转 右轉 | to turn right | |
| 心眼 心眼 | heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance | |
| 爷们儿 爺們兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 人心惶惶 人心惶惶 | (idiom) everyone is anxious; (of a group of people) to feel anxious | |
| 黄历 黃曆 | Chinese divination almanac | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger |