To Live 1994
活着
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
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Vocabulary
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| 毛巾 毛巾 | towel | |
| 得意 得意 | proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent | |
| 箱子 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk | |
| 遗传 遺傳 | heredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring) | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 哪怕 哪怕 | even; even if; even though; no matter how | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 护士 護士 | nurse | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 酸 酸 | sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 典型 典型 | model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative | |
| 运气 運氣 | luck (good or bad) | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 摸 摸 | to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 湿 濕 | moist; wet | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 大会 大會 | general assembly; general meeting; convention | |
| 箱 箱 | box; trunk; chest | |
| 主席 主席 | chairperson; premier; chairman | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 阶段 階段 | stage; section; phase; period | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 编 編 | to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up | |
| 发挥 發揮 | to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) | |
| 立即 立即 | immediately | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 处于 處於 | to be in (some state, position, or condition) | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 教授 教授 | professor; to instruct; to lecture on | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great |