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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| 神经 神經 | nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob | Colloquialism |
| 辽 遼 | distant, far | |
| 鹤 鶴 | crane; Grus species (various) | |
| 傻子 傻子 | idiot; fool | |
| 一去不复返 一去不復返 | gone forever | |
| 悠悠 悠悠 | lasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space; unhurried; a great number (of events); preposterous; pensive | |
| 梭 梭 | (textiles) shuttle | |
| 昔 昔 | formerly; ancient; in beginning | |
| 大炮 大砲 | big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big | |
| 喝醉 喝醉 | to get drunk | |
| 拖拉机 拖拉機 | tractor | |
| 找麻烦 找麻煩 | to look for trouble | |
| 伍 伍 | five, company of five; troops | |
| 操你妈 操你媽 | fuck your mother (vulgar) | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 手软 手軟 | to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice | |
| 指认 指認 | to identify | |
| 莫 莫 | do not (literary) | |
| 婶 嬸 | wife of father's younger brother | |
| 纳闷 納悶 | puzzled; bewildered | |
| 冒烟 冒煙 | to discharge smoke; to fume with rage | |
| 疯话 瘋話 | crazy talk; ravings; nonsense | |
| 还不如 還不如 | to be better off...; might as well... | |
| 志愿军 志願軍 | volunteer army | |
| 一身汗 一身汗 | sweating all over | |
| 疯癫 瘋癲 | insane; crazy | |
| 癫 癲 | crazy, mad; madness, mania, insan | |
| 骂人 罵人 | to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone | |
| 乘船 乘船 | to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry | |
| 不方便 不方便 | inconvenience; inconvenient | |
| 执笔 執筆 | to write; to do the actual writing | |
| 水沟 水溝 | gutter; sewer | |
| 认准 認準 | to identify clearly; to make sure of; to believe firmly | |
| 不忍心 不忍心 | can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) | |
| 绳 繩 | rope, string, cord; control | |
| 老兄 老兄 | elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy | |
| 神经病 神經病 | mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case | |
| 真棒 真棒 | super!; really great; wonderful | |
| 呸 呸 | bah! (contempt) | |
| 劳动改造 勞動改造 | reeducation through labor; laogai (prison camp) | |
| 第一声 第一聲 | first tone in Mandarin; high, level tone | |
| 第二声 第二聲 | second tone in Mandarin; rising tone | |
| 弋 弋 | catch, arrest; shoot with bow | |
| 宿 㝛 | stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight; constellation | |
| 纲 綱 | heavy rope, hawser; main points | |
| 孵 孵 | sit on eggs, hatch | |
| 铉 鉉 | device for carrying a tripod | |
| 枪法 槍法 | marksmanship | |
| 心慌意乱 心慌意亂 | confused; rattled; flustered | |
| 长眠 長眠 | (euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place) |