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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| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 生日 生日 | birthday | |
| 树 樹 | tree; to cultivate; to set up | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 房间 房間 | room | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 病人 病人 | sick person; patient; invalid | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 冷 冷 | cold | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed |