Summer Palace 2006
颐和园
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
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Vocabulary
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| 提前 提前 | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 导演 導演 | to direct; director (film etc) | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 防 防 | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 内心 內心 | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 成熟 成熟 | mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu] | |
| 通常 通常 | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 持续 持續 | to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation | |
| 观察 觀察 | to observe; to watch; to survey | |
| 采取 採取 | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 等待 等待 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 宣布 宣佈 | to declare; to announce; to proclaim | |
| 程度 程度 | degree; level; extent | |
| 系 係 | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) | |
| 作品 作品 | work (of art); opus | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 左右 左右 | left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 显然 顯然 | clearly; evidently; obviously | |
| 文件 文件 | document; file | |
| 记录 記錄 | to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc) | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 经验 經驗 | experience; to experience | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 媒体 媒體 | media, esp. news media | |
| 内容 內容 | content; substance; details | |
| 现实 現實 | reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 必要 必要 | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 状态 狀態 | condition; state; state of affairs |