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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| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 男同 男同 | gay guy (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 颐和园 頤和園 | Summer Palace in Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 戛纳 戛納 | Cannes (France) | Proper Noun |
| 朝鲜语 朝鮮語 | Korean language | Proper Noun |
| 德语 德語 | German (language) | Proper Noun |
| 法文 法文 | French language | Proper Noun |
| 东德 東德 | East Germany (1945-1990); German Democratic Republic | Proper Noun |
| 柏林墙 柏林牆 | Berlin Wall | Proper Noun |
| 白露 白露 | Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September | Proper Noun |
| 华沙 華沙 | Warsaw, capital of Poland | Proper Noun |
| 北戴河 北戴河 | Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city, Hebei | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 梦中 夢中 | in a dream | |
| 宁 寧 | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy | |
| 怀有 懷有 | to have in one's person (feelings, talent etc) | |
| 躺下 躺下 | to lie down | |
| 湿透 濕透 | drenched; wet through | |
| 娜 娜 | elegant, graceful, delicate | |
| 莎 莎 | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 总局 總局 | head office; general office; central office | |
| 下达 下達 | to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc) | |
| 禁 禁 | restrict, prohibit, forbid | |
| 另有 另有 | to have some other (reason etc) | |
| 不及 不及 | to fall short of; not as good as; too late | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 雅 雅 | elegant, graceful, refined | |
| 不愉快 不愉快 | disagreeable; unpleasant | |
| 随之 隨之 | thereupon; subsequently; accordingly | |
| 心底 心底 | bottom of one's heart | |
| 心理学 心理學 | psychology | |
| 尤其是 尤其是 | especially; most of all; above all; in particular | |
| 永永远远 永永遠遠 | for ever and ever | |
| 诅咒 詛咒 | to curse | |
| 宋 宋 | Song dynasty; surname | |
| 自慰 自慰 | to console oneself; to masturbate; onanism; masturbation | |
| 那阵子 那陣子 | at that time; then | |
| 浅水 淺水 | shallow water | |
| 团结就是力量 團結就是力量 | unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943) | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 翻开 翻開 | to open up | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 昨夜 昨夜 | last night |