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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| 漏 漏 | to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 子弹 子彈 | bullet | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 吨 噸 | ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dùn] | |
| 涨 漲 | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 群众 群眾 | mass; multitude; the masses | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 暖 㬉 | warm; to warm | |
| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 锅 鍋 | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing | |
| 解放 解放 | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 | |
| 祝贺 祝賀 | to congratulate; congratulations | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 卫星 衛星 | satellite; moon | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 玻璃 玻璃 | glass; (slang) male homosexual | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 待 待 | to stay |