The Blue Kite 1994
蓝风筝
A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.
Vocabulary
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| 右派分子 右派份子 | rightist elements | |
| 大字报 大字報 | big-character poster | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 本部 本部 | headquarters; head office | |
| 下列 下列 | following | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 活人 活人 | living person | |
| 状 狀 | form; appearance; shape; official | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 金鱼 金魚 | goldfish | |
| 张嘴 張嘴 | to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape | |
| 不争气 不爭氣 | to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations | |
| 不合 不合 | to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out | |
| 复员 復員 | to demobilize; demobilization | |
| 己 己 | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 菜刀 菜刀 | vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver | |
| 挂号信 掛號信 | registered letter | |
| 死去 死去 | to die | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 饿死 餓死 | to starve to death; to be very hungry | |
| 话剧 話劇 | stage play; modern drama | |
| 广大 廣大 | (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous | |
| 房东 房東 | landlord | |
| 房租 房租 | rent for a room or house | |
| 农村 農村 | rural area; village | |
| 暖和 暖和 | warm; nice and warm | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 主张 主張 | to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 农业 農業 | agriculture; farming | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 实行 實行 | to implement; to carry out; to put into practice | |
| 头脑 頭腦 | brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss | |
| 家具 家具 | furniture | |
| 热爱 熱愛 | to love ardently; to adore | |
| 可靠 可靠 | reliable | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 分配 分配 | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) | |
| 农民 農民 | peasant; farmer | |
| 各自 各自 | each; respective; apiece | |
| 应当 應當 | should; ought to | |
| 改造 改造 | to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold | |
| 制度 制度 | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 打破 打破 | to break; to smash |