The Golden Era

The Golden Era 2014

黄金时代 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%

Cast

Tang Wei Tang Wei Xiao Hong William Feng William Feng Xiao Jun Wang Zhiwen Wang Zhiwen Lu Xun Hao Lei Hao Lei Ding Lin Tian Yuan Tian Yuan Bai Lang Yuan Quan Yuan Quan Mei Zhi Ding Jiali Ding Jiali Xu Guangping Zhu Yawen Zhu Yawen Duanmu Hongliang Huang Xuan Huang Xuan Luo Binji Wang Qianyuan Wang Qianyuan Nie Gannu

Vocabulary

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调头 調頭 diào tóu variant of ∼HSK 3
可吃 可吃 kě chī edible ∼HSK 3
阿门 阿門 ā mén amen (loanword) ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
升上 升上 shēng shàng (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank); (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school) ∼HSK 3
新婚 新婚 xīn hūn newly wed ∼HSK 3
围剿 圍剿 wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards ∼HSK 3
流派 流派 liú pài tributary (stream); (fig.) school (of thought); genre; style ∼HSK 3
较为 較為 jiào wéi comparatively; relatively; fairly ∼HSK 3
久等 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time ∼HSK 3
纸烟 紙煙 zhǐ yān cigarette ∼HSK 3
活生生 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) ∼HSK 3
修好 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
上相 上相 shàng xiàng photogenic; (old) high official ∼HSK 3
胜过 勝過 shèng guò to excel; to surpass ∼HSK 3
休整 休整 xiū zhěng to rest and reorganize (military) ∼HSK 3
桌布 桌布 zhuō bù tablecloth; (computing) desktop background; wallpaper ∼HSK 3
相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
任教 任教 rèn jiào to hold a teaching position ∼HSK 3
保有 保有 bǎo yǒu to keep; to retain ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
每夜 每夜 měi yè nightly ∼HSK 3
纸张 紙張 zhǐ zhāng paper ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
死去 死去 sǐ qù to die ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
死活 死活 sǐ huó life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me ∼HSK 3
先走一步 先走一步 xiān zǒu yī bù to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself); (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse) ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
受够 受夠 shòu gòu to have had enough of; to be fed up with; to have had one's fill of ∼HSK 3
乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
凉皮 涼皮 liáng pí liangpi (noodle-like dish) ∼HSK 3
乱子 亂子 luàn zi disturbance; trouble ∼HSK 3
痛饮 痛飲 tòng yǐn to drink one's fill ∼HSK 3
失 失 shī lose; make mistake, neglect ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
养育 養育 yǎng yù to rear; to bring up; to nurture ∼HSK 3
相思 相思 xiāng sī to yearn; to pine ∼HSK 3
信物 信物 xìn wù keepsake; token ∼HSK 3
吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
再者 再者 zài zhě moreover; besides ∼HSK 3
鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
破布 破布 pò bù rag ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3