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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窗花 窗花 chuāng huā paper cutting ∼HSK 4
大元帅 大元帥 dà yuán shuài generalissimo ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
盖头 蓋頭 gài tóu cover; cap; topping; head covering; veil ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
零售商 零售商 líng shòu shāng retailer; shopkeeper; retail merchant ∼HSK 4
地主 地主 dì zhǔ landlord; landowner; host ∼HSK 4
合著 合著 hé zhù to write jointly; to co-author ∼HSK 4
脚底 腳底 jiǎo dǐ soles of the feet ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
白牌 白牌 bái pái (of a product) unbranded ∼HSK 4
共产 共產 gòng chǎn (adj.) communist; communism; to collectivize ownership of property ∼HSK 4
党组 黨組 dǎng zǔ party leadership group ∼HSK 4
骄 驕 jiāo spirited horse; haughty ∼HSK 4
峰 峯 fēng peak, summit; hump of camel ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
肖 肖 Xiāo look like, resemble, be like ∼HSK 4
上厕所 上廁所 shàng cè suǒ to go to the bathroom ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
适 適 kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
反社会 反社會 fǎn shè huì antisocial (behavior) ∼HSK 4
反革命 反革命 fǎn gé mìng counterrevolutionary ∼HSK 4
游街示众 遊街示眾 yóu jiē shì zhòng to parade (a prisoner) through the streets ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
花卷 花捲 huā juǎn Chinese steamed twisted bread roll ∼HSK 4
散伙 散夥 sàn huǒ to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up ∼HSK 4
肥肉 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat); fatty meat; (fig.) a gold mine; cash cow ∼HSK 4
实际情况 實際情況 shí jì qíng kuàng actual circumstances; the real situation; reality ∼HSK 4
窗台 窗臺 chuāng tái window sill; window ledge HSK 4
陆续 陸續 lù xù in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit HSK 4
大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
气球 氣球 qì qiú balloon HSK 4
大姐 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
食堂 食堂 shí táng dining hall; cafeteria HSK 4
新郎 新郎 xīn láng bridegroom; groom HSK 4
征求 徵求 zhēng qiú to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition HSK 4
梦见 夢見 mèng jiàn to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream HSK 4
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it HSK 4
推迟 推遲 tuī chí to postpone; to put off; to defer HSK 4
毕业生 畢業生 bì yè shēng graduate HSK 4
上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month HSK 4
纪律 紀律 jì lǜ discipline HSK 4
瓜 瓜 guā melon; gourd; squash HSK 4
老虎 老虎 lǎo hǔ tiger HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
前途 前途 qián tú prospects; future outlook; journey HSK 4
江 江 jiāng river HSK 4