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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驾 駕 jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
头部 頭部 tóu bù head HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
逮捕 逮捕 dài bǔ to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
粘 粘 zhān to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
栋 棟 dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
主义 主義 zhǔ yì -ism; ideology HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
大姨 大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister); (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) ∼HSK 6
丙辰 丙辰 bǐng chén fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036 ∼HSK 6
铺子 鋪子 pù zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
反党 反黨 fǎn dǎng anti-party ∼HSK 6
被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover ∼HSK 6
招人喜欢 招人喜歡 zhāo rén xǐ huan charming; attractive; delightful ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
麻雀 麻雀 má què sparrow; (dialect) mahjong ∼HSK 6
侵略者 侵略者 qīn lüè zhě aggressors; invaders ∼HSK 6
腾出 騰出 téng chū to make (some time or space) available (for sb) ∼HSK 6
窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) ∼HSK 6
晕死 暈死 yūn sǐ Geez!; Shoot!; No way! ∼HSK 6
小祖宗 小祖宗 xiǎo zǔ zōng brat; little devil ∼HSK 6
盼头 盼頭 pàn tou hopes; good prospects ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
赌气 賭氣 dǔ qì to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved ∼HSK 6
小人精 小人精 xiǎo rén jīng exceptionally bright kid; child prodigy ∼HSK 6
黄斑 黃斑 huáng bān macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina); yellow spot ∼HSK 6