The Time to Live and the Time to Die 1985
童年往事
An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 扫地出门 掃地出門 | lit. to sweep someone out the door (idiom); fig. to drive out and dispossess completely; to expel utterly | Idiom |
| 一长一短 一長一短 | talking endlessly; long-winded | Idiom |
| 勇往直前 勇往直前 | to advance bravely | Xiehouyu |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 卵 卵 | egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking | Colloquialism |
| 阎王 閻王 | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person | |
| 发扬光大 發揚光大 | to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development | |
| 壮烈 壯烈 | brave; heroic | |
| 忠贞 忠貞 | loyal and dependable | |
| 坝 壩 | dam; dike; embankment | |
| 受罪 受罪 | to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 家用 家用 | home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money | |
| 腥 腥 | fishy (smell) | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 外号 外號 | nickname | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 开动 開動 | to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating) | |
| 海峡 海峽 | strait; channel | |
| 师范 師範 | teacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) | |
| 恶性 惡性 | malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation) | |
| 祖先 祖先 | ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved | |
| 炼 煉 | to refine; to smelt | |
| 棺材 棺材 | coffin | |
| 巷 巷 | lane; alley | |
| 上空 上空 | overhead; in the sky | |
| 解救 解救 | to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation | |
| 统统 統統 | totally | |
| 停电 停電 | to have a power failure; power cut | |
| 蜡烛 蠟燭 | candle | |
| 骗人 騙人 | to cheat sb; a scam | |
| 往事 往事 | past events; former happenings | |
| 邀 邀 | to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek | |
| 辉煌 輝煌 | splendid; glorious | |
| 勾 勾 | used in 勾当 | |
| 屋顶 屋頂 | roof | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 无比 無比 | incomparable; matchless | |
| 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) | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 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 | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 奋不顾身 奮不顧身 | to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers; regardless of perils | Idiom |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |