The Blue Kite

The Blue Kite 1994

蓝风筝 lán fēngzhēng

A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.

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和风细雨 和風細雨 hé fēng xì yǔ lit. gentle breeze and fine rain (idiom); fig. mild and gentle; in a kind and mild manner Idiom ∼HSK 7
无耻之尤 無恥之尤 wú chǐ zhī yóu the height of shamelessness (idiom); utterly without shame Idiom ∼HSK 7
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom); every household Idiom HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
吹牛 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect) Xiehouyu HSK 7
尖锐 尖銳 jiān ruì sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness) Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
旗袍 旗袍 qí páo Chinese-style dress; cheongsam HSK 7
下乡 下鄉 xià xiāng to go to the countryside HSK 7
竹竿 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo; bamboo pole HSK 7
要强 要強 yào qiáng eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
喜事 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion; wedding HSK 7
上火 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) HSK 7
牢骚 牢騷 láo sāo discontent; complaint; to complain HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
红火 紅火 hóng huǒ prosperous HSK 7
官僚主义 官僚主義 guān liáo zhǔ yì bureaucracy HSK 7
叫好 叫好 jiào hǎo to applaud; to cheer HSK 7
嘱咐 囑咐 zhǔ fù to tell; to exhort; injunction HSK 7
社论 社論 shè lùn editorial (in a newspaper) HSK 7
参谋 參謀 cān móu staff officer; to give advice HSK 7
急躁 急躁 jí zào irritable; irascible; impetuous HSK 7
剧团 劇團 jù tuán theatrical troupe HSK 7
火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot HSK 7
私营 私營 sī yíng privately-owned; private HSK 7
煽动 煽動 shān dòng to incite; to instigate HSK 7
书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe HSK 7
能耐 能耐 néng nài ability; capability HSK 7
逝世 逝世 shì shì to pass away; to die HSK 7
拖累 拖累 tuō lěi to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate HSK 7
发扬 發揚 fā yáng to develop; to make full use of HSK 7
失明 失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness HSK 7
惦记 惦記 diàn jì to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about HSK 7
叛逆 叛逆 pàn nì to rebel; to revolt; a rebel HSK 7
干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre; official; officer; manager HSK 7
蜡 蠟 là candle; wax HSK 7
优越 優越 yōu yuè superior; superiority HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
匿名 匿名 nì míng anonymous HSK 7
诚恳 誠懇 chéng kěn sincere; honest; cordial HSK 7
风筝 風箏 fēng zhēng kite HSK 7
养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth HSK 7
散布 散佈 sàn bù to disseminate HSK 7
振作 振作 zhèn zuò to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate HSK 7