The Sun Also Rises 2007
太阳照常升起
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 一举两得 一舉兩得 | one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone | Idiom |
| 目不转睛 目不轉睛 | unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 吹了 吹了 | failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship) | Xiehouyu |
| 乘人之危 乘人之危 | to take advantage of sb's precarious position | Xiehouyu |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 歪 歪 | askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side | Colloquialism |
| 做证 做證 | variant of 作证 | |
| 公安局 公安局 | public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) | |
| 波涛 波濤 | great waves; billows | |
| 一晃 一晃 | (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash | |
| 算盘 算盤 | abacus; plan; scheme | |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 旱 旱 | drought | |
| 夹子 夾子 | clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet | |
| 检讨 檢討 | to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review | |
| 迎面 迎面 | directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind) | |
| 刨 刨 | carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc) | |
| 瘫 癱 | paralyzed | |
| 筐 筐 | basket | |
| 打猎 打獵 | to go hunting | |
| 银幕 銀幕 | movie screen | |
| 流向 流向 | direction of a current; direction of flow; to flow toward | |
| 打捞 打撈 | to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea) | |
| 包扎 包紮 | to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound) | |
| 反面 反面 | reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad | |
| 退学 退學 | to quit school | |
| 摇晃 搖晃 | to rock; to shake; to sway | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 源泉 源泉 | fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin | |
| 未免 未免 | unavoidably; can't help; really; rather | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 凳子 凳子 | stool; small seat | |
| 流淌 流淌 | to flow | |
| 绣 繡 | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 一举 一舉 | a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go | |
| 烈士 烈士 | martyr | |
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 拿手 拿手 | expert in; good at | |
| 当着 當著 | in front of; in the presence of | |
| 休克 休克 | shock (loanword); to go into shock | |
| 耳光 耳光 | a slap on the face | |
| 恰恰相反 恰恰相反 | just the opposite | |
| 若干 若干 | a certain number or amount; how many?; how much? | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 相伴 相伴 | to accompany sb; to accompany each other | |
| 堤 堤 | dike; Taiwan pr. [tí] |