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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妹子 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister; girl ∼HSK 1
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
二话 二話 èr huà objection; differing opinion ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
先见 先見 xiān jiàn foresight; prescience ∼HSK 1
四次 四次 sì cì fourth; four times; quartic ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
五七 五七 wǔ qī memorial activity 35 days after a person's death ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
打飞机 打飛機 dǎ fēi jī (slang) (of a male) to masturbate; to jerk off ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
吃人 吃人 chī rén exploitative; oppressive ∼HSK 1
放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air; to allow a prisoner out for exercise; to give out information ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
没有事 沒有事 méi yǒu shì not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening ∼HSK 1
不和 不和 bù hé not to get along well; to be on bad terms; to be at odds; discord ∼HSK 1
出了事 出了事 chū le shì sth bad happened ∼HSK 1
候 候 hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
百分 百分 bǎi fēn percent; percentage ∼HSK 1
比来 比來 bǐ lái lately; recently ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
好去 好去 hǎo qù bon voyage; Godspeed ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
年下 年下 nián xià lunar new year ∼HSK 1
要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1
晌午 晌午 shǎng wu noon ∼HSK 1
下崽 下崽 xià zǎi (of animals) to give birth; to foal, to whelp etc ∼HSK 1
五毛 五毛 wǔ máo fifty cents (0.5 RMB); (fig.) paltry sum of money; hired Internet commenter ∼HSK 1
要人 要人 yào rén important person ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
两下 兩下 liǎng xià twice; for a little while ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
家门 家門 jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
二号 二號 èr hào 2nd day of the month ∼HSK 1
没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged; flat; dead (of batteries) ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
不谢 不謝 bù xiè don't mention it; not at all ∼HSK 1
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1