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.
Cast
Vocabulary
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 寻短见 尋短見 | to commit suicide | |
| 维他命 維他命 | vitamin (loanword) | |
| 霞 霞 | rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset | |
| 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) | |
| 好似 好似 | to seem; to be like | |
| 山坡 山坡 | hillside | |
| 用处 用處 | usefulness | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 书房 書房 | study (room); studio | |
| 笑脸 笑臉 | smiling face; smiley :) ☺ | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 强壮 強壯 | strong; sturdy; robust | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 歌唱 歌唱 | to sing | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 头疼 頭疼 | headache | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 正当 正當 | timely; just (when needed) | |
| 支撑 支撐 | to prop up; to support; strut; brace | |
| 从不 從不 | never | |
| 仿佛 彷彿 | to seem; as if; alike; similar | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 沿着 沿著 | to go along; to follow | |
| 笑容 笑容 | smile; smiling expression | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 毁 毀 | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 舞蹈 舞蹈 | dance (performance art); dancing | |
| 心脏 心臟 | heart | |
| 托 托 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 说实话 說實話 | to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 赛 賽 | to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer |