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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| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 折磨 折磨 | to torment; to torture | |
| 逮捕 逮捕 | to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 孤单 孤單 | lone; lonely; loneliness | |
| 奇迹 奇跡 | miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel | |
| 失踪 失蹤 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 怀孕 懷孕 | pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy | |
| 肿瘤 腫瘤 | tumor | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 革命 革命 | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) | |
| 家族 家族 | family; clan | |
| 灵魂 靈魂 | soul; spirit | |
| 艘 艘 | classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] | |
| 设 設 | to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if | |
| 制 製 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 耸人听闻 聳人聽聞 | to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people | Idiom |
| 守口如瓶 守口如瓶 | lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word | Idiom |
| 众叛亲离 眾叛親離 | lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom); fig. to find oneself utterly isolated | Idiom |
| 销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 | to vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low | Idiom |
| 风口浪尖 風口浪尖 | where the wind and the waves are the fiercest; at the heart of the struggle | Idiom |
| 东倒西歪 東倒西歪 | to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway; (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle | Idiom |
| 各尽所能 各盡所能 | each does his utmost (idiom); from each according to his means | Idiom |
| 兵荒马乱 兵荒馬亂 | soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war | Idiom |
| 风霜雨雪 風霜雨雪 | lit. wind, frost, rain and snow (idiom); fig. all kinds of trials and hardships | Idiom |
| 身败名裂 身敗名裂 | to lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away; a complete defeat and fall from grace | Xiehouyu |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | Xiehouyu |
| 好险 好險 | to have a close call; to have a narrow escape | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |