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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| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 情况 情況 | circumstances; state of affairs; situation | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 种 種 | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 并 並 | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 天涯海角 天涯海角 | Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya | Idiom |
| 面熟 面熟 | to look familiar; familiar-looking | Xiehouyu |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 重庆 重慶 | Chongqing municipality | Proper Noun |
| 卡拉 卡拉 | Kara, city in northern Togo; Cara, Karla etc (name) | Proper Noun |
| 天安门 天安門 | Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 本市 本市 | this city; our city | Proper Noun |
| 武汉 武漢 | Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province | Proper Noun |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 操 撡 | conduct, run, control, manage | |
| 波 波 | waves, breakers; undulations | |
| 片中 片中 | in the movie | |
| 流出 流出 | to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse | |
| 小鸟 小鳥 | small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 离别 離別 | to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb | |
| 教务 教務 | educational administration | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? |