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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| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 少奶奶 少奶奶 | young lady of the house; wife of the young master | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 看上 看上 | to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 对不住 對不住 | to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) | |
| 说笑 說笑 | to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter | |
| 一年多 一年多 | more than a year | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 再怎么 再怎麼 | no matter how... | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 快进 快進 | fast-forward (media player) | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 每年 每年 | every year; each year; yearly | |
| 怎么着 怎麼著 | what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 大有 大有 | there is a great deal of... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in); (literary) bumper harvest; abundance | |
| 老天 老天 | God; Heavens |