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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Vocabulary

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右派分子 右派份子 yòu pài fèn zǐ rightist elements ∼HSK 3
大字报 大字報 dà zì bào big-character poster ∼HSK 3
连累 連累 lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
本部 本部 běn bù headquarters; head office ∼HSK 3
下列 下列 xià liè following ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
活人 活人 huó rén living person ∼HSK 3
状 狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
金鱼 金魚 jīn yú goldfish ∼HSK 3
张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
不争气 不爭氣 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations ∼HSK 3
不合 不合 bù hé to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
复员 復員 fù yuán to demobilize; demobilization ∼HSK 3
己 己 jǐ self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
菜刀 菜刀 cài dāo vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver ∼HSK 3
挂号信 掛號信 guà hào xìn registered letter ∼HSK 3
死去 死去 sǐ qù to die ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
话剧 話劇 huà jù stage play; modern drama HSK 3
广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous HSK 3
房东 房東 fáng dōng landlord HSK 3
房租 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house HSK 3
农村 農村 nóng cūn rural area; village HSK 3
暖和 暖和 nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
主张 主張 zhǔ zhāng to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
农业 農業 nóng yè agriculture; farming HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
本事 本事 běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
从前 從前 cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3
行李 行李 xíng li luggage HSK 3
实行 實行 shí xíng to implement; to carry out; to put into practice HSK 3
头脑 頭腦 tóu nǎo brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss HSK 3
家具 家具 jiā jù furniture HSK 3
热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently; to adore HSK 3
可靠 可靠 kě kào reliable HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3
分配 分配 fēn pèi to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) HSK 3
农民 農民 nóng mín peasant; farmer HSK 3
各自 各自 gè zì each; respective; apiece HSK 3
应当 應當 yīng dāng should; ought to HSK 3
改造 改造 gǎi zào to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold HSK 3
制度 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
打破 打破 dǎ pò to break; to smash HSK 3