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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| 人来人往 人來人往 | 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 往: go, depart; past, formerly | Idiom |
| 百无一用 百無一用 | 百: one hundred; numerous, many · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 一: one; a, an; alone · 用: use, employ, apply, operate; use | Idiom |
| 千秋万岁 千秋萬歲 | 千: thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler · 秋: autumn, fall; year · 万: ten thousand; innumerable · 岁: year; age; harvest | Idiom |
| 触目惊心 觸目驚心 | lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight | Idiom |
| 一无所有 一無所有 | not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together | Idiom |
| 荒凉 荒涼 | desolate | Xiehouyu |
| 稀奇 稀奇 | rare; strange | Xiehouyu |
| 外行 外行 | layman; amateur | Xiehouyu |
| 渺小 渺小 | minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant | Xiehouyu |
| 刻苦 刻苦 | hardworking; assiduous | Xiehouyu |
| 奔波 奔波 | to rush about; to be constantly on the move | Xiehouyu |
| 引人注目 引人注目 | to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 撒 撒 | to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee | Colloquialism |
| 顾不上 顧不上 | cannot attend to or manage | |
| 藤椅 藤椅 | rattan chair | |
| 多元 多元 | poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.) | |
| 劳驾 勞駕 | excuse me | |
| 同人 同人 | people from the same workplace or profession; co-worker; colleague; pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc | |
| 农历 農曆 | the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar | |
| 豪迈 豪邁 | bold; open-minded; heroic | |
| 一筹莫展 一籌莫展 | to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end | |
| 讥笑 譏笑 | to sneer | |
| 久仰 久仰 | honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. | |
| 酒楼 酒樓 | restaurant | |
| 长征 長征 | Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935) | |
| 气魄 氣魄 | spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude | |
| 文人 文人 | scholar; literati | |
| 一系列 一系列 | a series of; a string of | |
| 骨气 骨氣 | unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone | |
| 生疏 生疏 | unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed | |
| 送别 送別 | to farewell | |
| 飘扬 飄揚 | to wave; to flutter; to fly | |
| 开明 開明 | enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment | |
| 拘束 拘束 | to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent | |
| 公仆 公僕 | public servant | |
| 世故 世故 | the ways of the world | |
| 诬陷 誣陷 | to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb | |
| 嘈杂 嘈雜 | noisy; clamorous | |
| 回忆录 回憶錄 | memoir | |
| 审美 審美 | esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste | |
| 镶嵌 鑲嵌 | to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation | |
| 警钟 警鐘 | alarm bell | |
| 鼓动 鼓動 | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) | |
| 请示 請示 | to ask for instructions | |
| 敬重 敬重 | to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem | |
| 清凉 清涼 | cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing | |
| 就任 就任 | to take office; to assume a post |