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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| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 盘 盤 | plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 停下 停下 | to stop | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | 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 |
| 小桥 小橋 | Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the two great beauties of ancient China | Proper Noun |
| 长沙 長沙 | Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province | Proper Noun |
| 贵阳 貴陽 | Guiyang, prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou Province | Proper Noun |
| 城外 城外 | outside of a city | Proper Noun |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 小城 小城 | small town | |
| 婉转 婉轉 | (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful | |
| 活下去 活下去 | to survive; to keep on living | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 冬不拉 冬不拉 | Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute | |
| 升上 升上 | (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank); (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school) | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 跳进 跳進 | to plunge into; to jump into | |
| 抗战 抗戰 | war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) | |
| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 乱跑 亂跑 | to run around all over the place | |
| 总要 總要 | nevertheless | |
| 小羊 小羊 | lamb | |
| 静养 靜養 | to convalesce; to recuperate; to fully relax | |
| 亲事 親事 | marriage | |
| 提亲 提親 | to propose marriage | |
| 牛马 牛馬 | oxen and horses; beasts of burden; (fig.) drudge; laborer |