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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| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 门口 門口 | doorway; gate | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 页 頁 | head | |
| 上午 上午 | morning | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 考试 考試 | to take an exam; exam | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 电 電 | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 大学 大學 | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 元 元 | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 口 口 | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed |