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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méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
shēn profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
zhū tóu pig head; (coll.) fool; jerk Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
ěr bīn Harbin, sub-provincial city and capital of Heilongjiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Qīng dǎo Qingdao, sub-provincial city in Shandong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA; (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Hēi lóng jiāng Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin; Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Ā chéng Acheng district of Harbin in Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xiǎo jīn Xiaojin County (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, northwest Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Jiǔ lóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
méi duō jiǔ before long; soon after ∼HSK 3
ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
huáng jīn shí dài golden age ∼HSK 3
Chéng journey, trip; schedule, agenda ∼HSK 3
diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock ∼HSK 3
yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
chū dōng early winter ∼HSK 3
bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
bào guǎn newspaper office ∼HSK 3
zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
xīn nián kuài Happy New Year! ∼HSK 3
Shū open up, unfold, stretch out; comfortable, easy ∼HSK 3
tán tiān to chat ∼HSK 3
lìng another; the other ∼HSK 3
shāng fēng to catch cold ∼HSK 3
fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
kàng to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) ∼HSK 3
zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
yǒu bàn can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
wéi to break a siege; to break out of an enclosure ∼HSK 3
jiē guǎn to take over; to assume control ∼HSK 3
kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) ∼HSK 3
zhí dào xiàn zài even now; until now; right up to the present ∼HSK 3
hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
chéng hūn to get married ∼HSK 3
lǐng kǒu collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet ∼HSK 3
bào shàng in the newspaper ∼HSK 3
wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3