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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| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 炮 炮 | to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating | |
| 缺陷 缺陷 | defect; flaw | |
| 花费 花費 | expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 债 債 | debt | |
| 赶上 趕上 | to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 捐 捐 | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy | |
| 城镇 城鎮 | town; cities and towns | |
| 从不 從不 | never | |
| 跨 跨 | to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 沿着 沿著 | to go along; to follow | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 机械 機械 | machine; machinery; mechanical; (old) cunning; scheming | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 止 止 | to stop; to prohibit; until; only | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 毁 毀 | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 顺 順 | to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 政策 政策 | policy | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 时期 時期 | period; phase | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 党 黨 | party; association; club; society | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 队伍 隊伍 | ranks; troops; queue; line; procession |