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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| 仰 仰 | to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 外衣 外衣 | outer clothing; semblance; appearance | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 花瓶 花瓶 | flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) | |
| 茄子 茄子 | eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese" | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 多半 多半 | most; mostly; most likely | |
| 淹没 淹沒 | to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) | |
| 大米 大米 | (husked) rice | |
| 谦虚 謙虛 | modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks | |
| 上当 上當 | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped | |
| 照样 照樣 | as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless | |
| 特大 特大 | exceptionally big | |
| 聘请 聘請 | to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc) | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 出入 出入 | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent | |
| 强壮 強壯 | strong; sturdy; robust | |
| 招聘 招聘 | to invite applications for a job; to recruit | |
| 不便 不便 | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 缘故 緣故 | reason; cause | |
| 洪水 洪水 | deluge; flood | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 压迫 壓迫 | to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) | |
| 面向 面嚮 | to face; to turn towards; to incline to; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; facial feature; appearance; aspect; facet | |
| 笑声 笑聲 | laughter | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 纠纷 糾紛 | dispute | |
| 宴会 宴會 | banquet; feast; dinner party | |
| 打动 打動 | to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching | |
| 村庄 村莊 | village; hamlet | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 感人 感人 | touching; moving | |
| 过后 過後 | after the event | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 干涉 干涉 | to interfere; to meddle; interference | |
| 渡 渡 | to cross; to pass through; to ferry | |
| 长久 長久 | (for a) long time | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 织 織 | to weave | |
| 炮 炮 | to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating | |
| 查出 查出 | to find out; to discover | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 深深 深深 | deep; profound | |
| 理智 理智 | reason; intellect; rationality; rational | |
| 本质 本質 | essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop |