The Golden Era 2014
黄金时代
The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.
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Vocabulary
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| 眉眼 眉眼 | brows and eyes; appearance; looks; countenance | |
| 跤 跤 | stumble, fall down; wrestle | |
| 居 居 | reside | |
| 盹 盹 | to doze; to nap; to nod | |
| 烈 烈 | fiery, violent, vehement, ardent | |
| 毅 毅 | resolute, decisive, firm, persist | |
| 戒严 戒嚴 | to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures | |
| 廖 廖 | surname; name of an ancient state | |
| 私生活 私生活 | private life | |
| 转入 轉入 | to change over to; to shift to; to switch to | |
| 战时 戰時 | wartime | |
| 战乱 戰亂 | chaos of war | |
| 幼年 幼年 | childhood; infancy | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 散文 散文 | prose; essay | |
| 回信 回信 | to reply; to write back; letter written in reply | |
| 文艺 文藝 | literature and art | |
| 长寿 長壽 | Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan | |
| 胆小 膽小 | cowardice; timid | |
| 火柴 火柴 | match (for lighting fire) | |
| 大都 大都 | Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing | |
| 西红柿 西紅柿 | tomato | |
| 薄弱 薄弱 | weak; frail | |
| 儿女 兒女 | children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) | |
| 舍不得 捨不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 口号 口號 | slogan; catchphrase | |
| 摔倒 摔倒 | to fall down; to slip and fall; to throw sb to the ground | |
| 值班 值班 | to work a shift; on duty | |
| 逃走 逃走 | to escape; to flee; to run away | |
| 变动 變動 | to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation | |
| 来信 來信 | incoming letter; to send us a letter | |
| 前景 前景 | foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 中断 中斷 | to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt | |
| 向上 向上 | upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress | |
| 充足 充足 | adequate; sufficient; abundant | |
| 答复 答覆 | to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header) | |
| 等候 等候 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 传达 傳達 | to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission | |
| 洒 灑 | to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed | |
| 肠 腸 | intestines | |
| 争议 爭議 | controversy; dispute; to dispute | |
| 职务 職務 | post; position; job; duties | |
| 客厅 客廳 | drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 模糊 模糊 | vague; indistinct; fuzzy | |
| 偶然 偶然 | incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly |