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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| 表现 表現 | to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 比赛 比賽 | competition (sports etc); match; to compete | |
| 情况 情況 | circumstances; state of affairs; situation | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 假的 假的 | bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony | Xiehouyu |
| 坏蛋 壞蛋 | bad egg; scoundrel; bastard | Xiehouyu |
| 难过 難過 | to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 姐夫 姐夫 | (coll.) older sister's husband | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 提多 提多 | Titus (1st century AD), Christian missionary, disciple of St. Paul | Proper Noun |
| 国民党 國民黨 | Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party | Proper Noun |
| 大雪 大雪 | Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December | Proper Noun |
| 那时候 那時候 | at that time | |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 有空儿 有空兒 | available | |
| 快点儿 快點兒 | erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up! | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 小鸟 小鳥 | small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie | |
| 刘 劉 | surname; kill, destroy | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 党员 黨員 | party member | |
| 写信 寫信 | to write a letter | |
| 维 維 | maintain, preserve, safeguard | |
| 奥 奧 | mysterious, obscure, profound | |
| 收成 收成 | harvest | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 那咱 那咱 | at that time (old) | |
| 取名 取名 | to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame | |
| 多嘴 多嘴 | talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly | |
| 提要 提要 | summary; abstract |