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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| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 发动 發動 | to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 路线 路線 | itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road) | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 双方 雙方 | bilateral; both sides; both parties involved | |
| 工厂 工廠 | factory | |
| 前进 前進 | to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 羊 羊 | sheep; goat | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 土 土 | earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 显得 顯得 | to seem; to look; to appear | |
| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 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) | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 宣传 宣傳 | to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 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 | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 代 代 | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 胜利 勝利 | victory | |
| 领导 領導 | lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to |