The Blue Kite

The Blue Kite 1994

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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yòu pài fèn rightist elements ∼HSK 3
bào big-character poster ∼HSK 3
lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
běn headquarters; head office ∼HSK 3
xià liè following ∼HSK 3
recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
huó rén living person ∼HSK 3
zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
jīn goldfish ∼HSK 3
zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
zhēng to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations ∼HSK 3
to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
yuán to demobilize; demobilization ∼HSK 3
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
cài dāo vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver ∼HSK 3
guà hào xìn registered letter ∼HSK 3
to die ∼HSK 3
jué in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
饿 è to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
huà stage play; modern drama HSK 3
广 guǎng (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous HSK 3
fáng dōng landlord HSK 3
fáng rent for a room or house HSK 3
nóng cūn rural area; village HSK 3
nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
zhǔ zhāng to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion HSK 3
senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
nóng agriculture; farming HSK 3
xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3
xíng li luggage HSK 3
shí xíng to implement; to carry out; to put into practice HSK 3
tóu nǎo brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss HSK 3
jiā furniture HSK 3
ài to love ardently; to adore HSK 3
kào reliable HSK 3
tiào to dance HSK 3
fēn pèi to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) HSK 3
nóng mín peasant; farmer HSK 3
each; respective; apiece HSK 3
yīng dāng should; ought to HSK 3
gǎi zào to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold HSK 3
zhì system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
to break; to smash HSK 3