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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| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 同事 同事 | colleague; co-worker | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 热情 熱情 | cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately | |
| 公园 公園 | park (for public recreation) | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 合适 合適 | suitable; fitting; appropriate | |
| 可怕 可怕 | awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly | |
| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 信号 信號 | signal | |
| 大量 大量 | great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous | |
| 小组 小組 | group | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 蓝 藍 | blue; indigo plant | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 蛋 蛋 | egg; oval-shaped thing | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 重点 重點 | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 鞋 鞋 | shoe | |
| 全国 全國 | whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 教育 教育 | to educate; to teach; education | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 办公室 辦公室 | office; business premises; bureau | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 运动 運動 | to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to |