White Deer Plain 2012
白鹿原
In the White Deer Village in Shaanxi Province the two most important families - Bai and Lu - and their sons have always lived together in peace. But the turmoil leads to a fierce struggle for land ownership.
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Vocabulary
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| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 连环 連環 | chain | |
| 知趣 知趣 | to act tactfully; tactful; discreet | |
| 跑马 跑馬 | horse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; (dialect) wet dream | |
| 合不来 合不來 | (of people) to be incompatible; to not get along; to be unable to see eye to eye | |
| 领走 領走 | to lead (sb, or an animal) away; to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand); to take away | |
| 不实 不實 | untruthful; untrue | |
| 择 擇 | select, choose, pick out | |
| 不图 不圖 | not to seek (sth); to have no expectation of (sth); (literary) unexpectedly | |
| 上心 上心 | carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth | |
| 作下 作下 | to do; to make (usually bad connotation) | |
| 古板 古板 | outmoded; old-fashioned; inflexible | |
| 邻家 鄰家 | next-door neighbor; neighboring household | |
| 那世 那世 | the world of the dead | |
| 死伤 死傷 | casualties; dead and injured | |
| 借一步 借一步 | could I have a word with you? (in private) | |
| 镰刀斧头 鐮刀斧頭 | the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor) | |
| 银两 銀兩 | silver (as currency) | |
| 压住 壓住 | to press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger); to keep down (voice) | |
| 牛犊 牛犢 | calf | |
| 游街 遊街 | to parade sb through the streets; to march or parade in the streets | |
| 争强好胜 爭強好勝 | competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others | |
| 管东管西 管東管西 | to micromanage; to be controlling | |
| 一时半会儿 一時半會兒 | a short time; a little while | |
| 张口 張口 | to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request) | |
| 眼见为实 眼見為實 | seeing is believing | |
| 说死 說死 | to say definitely; to commit (to a proposition) | |
| 死去 死去 | to die | |
| 交火 交火 | to exchange fire; to engage in a firefight; (fig.) to clash verbally; to exchange sharp criticism | |
| 路费 路費 | travel expenses; money for a voyage; toll | |
| 伤人 傷人 | to injure sb | |
| 领头 領頭 | to take the lead; to be first to start | |
| 出世 出世 | to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs | |
| 保不住 保不住 | cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well | |
| 指使 指使 | to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) | |
| 干系 干係 | responsibility | |
| 奇闻 奇聞 | bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news | |
| 世相 世相 | the ways of the world | |
| 心眼儿 心眼兒 | one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions | |
| 力不从心 力不從心 | less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak | |
| 动人 動人 | touching; moving | |
| 一方面 一方面 | on the one hand | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 不光 不光 | not the only one; not only | |
| 主张 主張 | to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion | |
| 加工 加工 | to process; processing; working (of machinery) | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 价钱 價錢 | price | |
| 另一方面 另一方面 | on the other hand; another aspect |