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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| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 玻璃 玻璃 | glass; (slang) male homosexual | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 打击 打擊 | to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 中央 中央 | central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 接触 接觸 | to touch; to contact; access; in touch with | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 意味着 意味著 | to signify; to mean; to imply | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 组织 組織 | to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 斯大林 斯大林 | Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator | Proper Noun |
| 毛主席 毛主席 | Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader | Proper Noun |
| 红旗 紅旗 | Hongqi district of Xinxiang city, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 深井 深井 | Sham Tseng (area in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 维奇 維奇 | Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555); phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names | Proper Noun |
| 大林 大林 | Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County, west Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 延安 延安 | Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province | Proper Noun |
| 淮海战役 淮海戰役 | Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war | Proper Noun |
| 人民日报 人民日報 | People's Daily (PRC newspaper) | Proper Noun |
| 丰台 豐台 | Fengtai, an inner district of southwest Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 大跃进 大躍進 | Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies | Proper Noun |
| 岩 巖 | cliff; rocks; mountain | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 永 永 | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | |
| 抱抱 抱抱 | to hug; to give a cuddle | |
| 治好 治好 | to cure | |
| 首长 首長 | senior official |