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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| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 神秘 神秘 | mysterious; mystery | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 户 戶 | a household; door; family | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 在于 在於 | to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with | |
| 兴奋 興奮 | excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 战斗 戰鬥 | to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 土地 土地 | land; soil; territory | |
| 巨大 巨大 | huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous | |
| 圈 圈 | to confine; to lock up; to pen in | |
| 申请 申請 | to apply for sth; application form | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 停下 停下 | to stop | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 不值钱 不值錢 | of little value | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 蒙古 蒙古 | Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 解放军 解放軍 | People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) | Proper Noun |
| 个旧 個舊 | Gejiu, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan | Proper Noun |
| 对马 對馬 | Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea | Proper Noun |
| 进城 進城 | to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) | Proper Noun |
| 阿爸 阿爸 | Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel |