Springtime in a Small Town 2002
小城之春
In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
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Vocabulary
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| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 晒 晒 | (of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to | Colloquialism |
| 宽 寬 | wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 刷 刷 | to brush; to paint; to daub; to paste up; to skip class (of students); to fire from a job | |
| 划 划 | to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 松 松 | pine | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 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 | |
| 切 切 | to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 落 落 | to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 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 | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 底 底 | background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base | |
| 法 㳒 | law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | 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 |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 己 己 | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches |