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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| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 众 眾 | multitude, crowd; masses, public | |
| 史上 史上 | in history | |
| 管制 管制 | to control; to restrict; (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) | |
| 张嘴 張嘴 | to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape | |
| 没多久 沒多久 | before long; soon after | |
| 链 鏈 | chain, wire, cable; chain, shack | |
| 刀子 刀子 | knife | |
| 门把 門把 | door knob; door handle; also pr. [men2 ba4] | |
| 火钳 火鉗 | fire tongs | |
| 绩 績 | spin; achievements | |
| 芭乐 芭樂 | guava (loanword from Taiwanese) | |
| 过世 過世 | to die; to pass away | |
| 连长 連長 | company commander | |
| 奇 奇 | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult | |
| 皮包 皮包 | handbag; briefcase | |
| 理发 理髮 | to get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut | |
| 国庆 國慶 | National Day | |
| 握手 握手 | to shake hands | |
| 气候 氣候 | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) | |
| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 北部 北部 | northern part | |
| 实行 實行 | to implement; to carry out; to put into practice | |
| 主持 主持 | to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor | |
| 纪念 紀念 | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 男子 男子 | a man; a male | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 主任 主任 | director; head | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 印象 印象 | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 建 建 | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 不得不 不得不 | have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody |