Spring in a Small Town 1948
小城之春
A married couple living in a desolate small town in post-WWII China are paid a surprise visit by an old friend of the husband's.
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Vocabulary
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| 忽然 忽然 | suddenly; all of a sudden | |
| 春天 春天 | spring (season) | |
| 爱人 愛人 | spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 花园 花園 | garden | |
| 分开 分開 | to separate; to part | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 青年 青年 | youth; youthful years; young person; the young | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 早晨 早晨 | early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 角 角 | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 骑 騎 | (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 高中 高中 | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 | |
| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 多么 多麼 | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 满意 滿意 | satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 普通 普通 | common; ordinary; general; average | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? |