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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| 被单 被單 | (bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet | |
| 松快 鬆快 | less crowded; relieved; relaxed; to relax | |
| 放宽 放寬 | to relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions); to extend (a time limit); to let out (a garment); to expand; to broaden | |
| 方子 方子 | prescription (of medicine) | |
| 不成材 不成材 | worthless; good-for-nothing | |
| 好些 好些 | a good deal of; quite a lot | |
| 结了 結了 | that's that; that's it; that will do | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 警报 警報 | (fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm; alert; warning | |
| 各处 各處 | every place | |
| 细细 細細 | attentive; careful | |
| 破败 破敗 | to defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten; ruined; destroyed; in decline | |
| 别处 別處 | elsewhere | |
| 脉 脈 | blood vessels, veins, arteries | |
| 尤其是 尤其是 | especially; most of all; above all; in particular | |
| 哲学家 哲學家 | philosopher | |
| 满处 滿處 | everywhere; all over the place | |
| 魁首 魁首 | chief; first; brightest and best | |
| 划一 劃一 | uniform; to standardize | |
| 微微 微微 | slight; faint; humble | |
| 忏悔 懺悔 | to repent; (religion) to confess | |
| 治好 治好 | to cure | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 电灯 電燈 | electric light | |
| 松树 松樹 | pine; pine tree | |
| 开水 開水 | boiled water; boiling water | |
| 牙刷 牙刷 | toothbrush | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 家务 家務 | household duties; housework | |
| 使劲 使勁 | to exert all one's strength | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 暑假 暑假 | summer vacation | |
| 围巾 圍巾 | scarf; shawl | |
| 毛巾 毛巾 | towel | |
| 诗人 詩人 | bard; poet | |
| 发烧 發燒 | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 青春 青春 | youth; youthfulness | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 晒 晒 | variant of 晒 | |
| 假如 假如 | if | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 划 划 | to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] |