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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| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 南边 南邊 | south; south side; southern part; to the south of | |
| 外边 外邊 | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 过日子 過日子 | to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along | |
| 米饭 米飯 | (cooked) rice | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 关上 關上 | to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 桌子 桌子 | table; desk | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 鸡蛋 雞蛋 | (chicken) egg; hen's egg | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 唱歌 唱歌 | to sing a song | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 火车 火車 | train | |
| 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 | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 工人 工人 | worker | |
| 老人 老人 | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee |