The Golden Era

The Golden Era 2014

huángjīnshídài

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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4.63 Intermediate Director Ann Hui 🍅 60%

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xià luò míng unaccounted; unknown whereabouts ∼HSK 4
bào yǒu to have (aspirations, suspicions etc) ∼HSK 4
shī verse ∼HSK 4
shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
quán none; completely without ∼HSK 4
shǎn liàng brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle ∼HSK 4
wēi wēi slight; faint; humble ∼HSK 4
Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
bīng xié skating boots; skates ∼HSK 4
dǎng party leadership group ∼HSK 4
to go to jail; to be sent to prison ∼HSK 4
lún huí variant of ∼HSK 4
yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
táo to run out; to escape ∼HSK 4
gēn base of operations ∼HSK 4
lùn zhēng argument; debate; controversy ∼HSK 4
yóu shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
jiāo huā (female) social butterfly; socialite; courtesan ∼HSK 4
luò (dialect) to rain ∼HSK 4
xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook ∼HSK 4
shū bookstore; publishing house ∼HSK 4
model, standard, pattern; copy ∼HSK 4
shí xíng tài ideology ∼HSK 4
liú luò to wander about destitute; to be stranded ∼HSK 4
qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
wēi tuó stooping; hunched ∼HSK 4
xiě style of writing (literary style); way of writing a character; spelling ∼HSK 4
ěr qiáo (loanword) bourgeois; bourgeoisie ∼HSK 4
guǎng rough; rude; boorish; straightforward; uninhibited ∼HSK 4
shā kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats ∼HSK 4
Fēi fragrant, luxuriant; the Philippines ∼HSK 4
jiào zhí yuán gōng teaching and administrative staff ∼HSK 4
bié to have no other... (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
chǔ shì to handle affairs; to deal with matters ∼HSK 4
nuò ruò cowardly; weak ∼HSK 4
怀 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
qiǎn shuǐ shallow water ∼HSK 4
remember, reflect upon; memory ∼HSK 4
shǒu to stay together; to rely on one another ∼HSK 4
urge, press, hurry; close ∼HSK 4
nào to quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay ∼HSK 4
bāo chāo to outflank; to envelop ∼HSK 4
cháo shuǐ tide ∼HSK 4
Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc) ∼HSK 4
r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
jiāng biān river bank ∼HSK 4
zi pregnant; potbelly; big eater ∼HSK 4