Under the Hawthorn Tree 2010
山楂树之恋
The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
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Vocabulary
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| 批评 批評 | to criticize; criticism | |
| 应当 應當 | should; ought to | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 谈话 談話 | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 开放 開放 | to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality | |
| 称为 稱為 | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 主动 主動 | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 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 | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 主任 主任 | director; head | |
| 形象 形象 | image; form; figure; visualization; vivid | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 信任 信任 | to trust; to have confidence in | |
| 对象 對象 | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend | |
| 困 困 | to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 时刻 時刻 | time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always | |
| 建 建 | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct | |
| 周围 周圍 | environs; surroundings; periphery | |
| 具体 具體 | concrete; definite; specific | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 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 | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 领导 領導 | lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader | |
| 年代 年代 | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period | |
| 伟大 偉大 | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 错误 錯誤 | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake | |
| 经验 經驗 | experience; to experience | |
| 适合 適合 | to fit; to suit | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary |