Unknown Pleasures 2002
任逍遥
Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young singer and dancer working for a liquor company as a spokesmodel.
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Vocabulary
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| 四大 四大 | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters,,, 大字報|大 | |
| 班子 班子 | organized group; theatrical troupe | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 从来不 從來不 | never | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 北京 北京 | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China | |
| 中学 中學 | middle school | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 女朋友 女朋友 | girlfriend | |
| 唱歌 唱歌 | to sing a song | |
| 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 | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 机场 機場 | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 考试 考試 | to take an exam; exam | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 动作 動作 | movement; motion; action; to act; to move | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 票 票 | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions | |
| 电脑 電腦 | computer |