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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尖子 尖子 jiān zi best of its kind; cream of the crop ∼HSK 6
昧良心 昧良心 mèi liáng xīn it goes against one's conscience ∼HSK 6
领导权 領導權 lǐng dǎo quán leadership authority ∼HSK 6
党人 黨人 dǎng rén party member; partisan ∼HSK 6
比作 比作 bǐ zuò to liken to; to compare to ∼HSK 6
阶级斗争 階級鬥爭 jiē jí dòu zhēng class struggle ∼HSK 6
妄图 妄圖 wàng tú to try in vain; futile attempt ∼HSK 6
浆糊 漿糊 jiàng hu paste; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2] ∼HSK 6
狂妄 狂妄 kuáng wàng egotistical; arrogant; brassy ∼HSK 6
眼珠儿 眼珠兒 yǎn zhū r eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) ∼HSK 6
两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things ∼HSK 6
军需 軍需 jūn xū military supplies ∼HSK 6
撒气 撒氣 sā qì to leak (of air); to go flat (of a tire); to vent one's anger ∼HSK 6
看不清 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
转业 轉業 zhuǎn yè to change one's profession; to transfer to civilian work ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
眨眼睛 眨眼睛 zhǎ yǎn jīng wink ∼HSK 6
千里之外 千里之外 qiān lǐ zhī wài thousand miles distant ∼HSK 6
懒猫 懶貓 lǎn māo drowsy or slow-moving cat; (fig.) a lazybones ∼HSK 6
罪过 罪過 zuì guo sin; offense ∼HSK 6
人憎狗嫌 人憎狗嫌 rén zēng - gǒu xián detestable (wordplay based on) ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
人民解放军 人民解放軍 rén mín jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army ∼HSK 6
反贪污 反貪污 fǎn tān wū anticorruption ∼HSK 6
皮筋 皮筋 pí jīn rubber band ∼HSK 6
大怒 大怒 dà nù to become furious; to explode in anger ∼HSK 6
端饭 端飯 duān fàn to serve (food) ∼HSK 6
炼钢 煉鋼 liàn gāng to make steel; steelmaking ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
糖葫芦 糖葫蘆 táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
反动 反動 fǎn dòng reaction; reactionary HSK 6
挨打 挨打 ái dǎ to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack HSK 6
老乡 老鄉 lǎo xiāng fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown HSK 6
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] HSK 6
抽空 抽空 chōu kòng to find the time to do sth HSK 6
觉悟 覺悟 jué wù to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) HSK 6
起义 起義 qǐ yì uprising; insurrection; revolt HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
秘书长 秘書長 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general HSK 6
整顿 整頓 zhěng dùn to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify HSK 6
吉利 吉利 Jí lì Geely, Chinese car make HSK 6
揭 揭 jiē to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
识 識 shí to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] HSK 6
出动 出動 chū dòng to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
感人 感人 gǎn rén touching; moving HSK 6
特意 特意 tè yì specially; intentionally HSK 6