Wolf Totem 2015
狼图腾
In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.
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Vocabulary
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| 平行 平行 | parallel; of equal rank; simultaneous | |
| 叼 叼 | to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) | |
| 无能 無能 | incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless | |
| 粪 糞 | manure; dung | |
| 值钱 值錢 | valuable; costly; expensive | |
| 土壤 土壤 | soil | |
| 忍耐 忍耐 | to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance | |
| 况且 況且 | moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore | |
| 呼唤 呼喚 | to call out (a name etc); to shout | |
| 大片 大片 | wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie | |
| 不适 不適 | unwell; indisposed; out of sorts | |
| 琢磨 琢磨 | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work | |
| 向往 嚮往 | to yearn for; to look forward to | |
| 嚼 嚼 | to chew; also pr. [jué] | |
| 报仇 報仇 | to take revenge; to avenge | |
| 打仗 打仗 | to fight a battle; to go to war | |
| 塌 塌 | to collapse; to droop; to settle down | |
| 前所未有 前所未有 | unprecedented | |
| 劈 劈 | to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike | |
| 啃 啃 | to gnaw; to nibble; to bite | |
| 浇 澆 | to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold | |
| 饶 饒 | rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although | |
| 纯洁 純潔 | pure; clean and honest; to purify | |
| 奴隶 奴隸 | slave | |
| 熏 熏 | to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume | |
| 坦白 坦白 | honest; forthcoming; to confess | |
| 诊所 診所 | clinic | |
| 动静 動靜 | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness | |
| 绳子 繩子 | cord; string; rope | |
| 可恶 可惡 | repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable | |
| 预言 預言 | to predict; prophecy | |
| 边界 邊界 | boundary; border | |
| 迷失 迷失 | to lose (one's bearings); to get lost | |
| 气味 氣味 | odor; scent | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 通往 通往 | to lead to | |
| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 容忍 容忍 | to put up with; to tolerate | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 拽 拽 | to drag; to haul | |
| 违背 違背 | to go against; to be contrary to; to violate | |
| 筒 筒 | tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc) | |
| 陷阱 陷阱 | pitfall; snare; trap | |
| 壮 壯 | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group | |
| 迈 邁 | to take a step; to stride | |
| 疫苗 疫苗 | vaccine | |
| 投降 投降 | to surrender; surrender | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 截 截 | to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length |