Yellow Earth 1984
黄土地
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.
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Vocabulary
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| 养女 養女 | adopted daughter | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 载 載 | load; carry; transport, convey | |
| 花红 花紅 | flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc); a bonus; crab apple (Malus asiatica) | |
| 拉风 拉風 | trendy; eye-catching; flashy | |
| 咱家 咱家 | I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) | |
| 米面 米麵 | rice and noodles; rice flour; rice-flour noodles | |
| 个数 個數 | number of items or individuals | |
| 年成 年成 | the year's harvest | |
| 跟脚 跟腳 | to feet the feet perfectly; to follow closely; hard on sb's heels | |
| 论 論 | debate; discuss; discourse | |
| 新词 新詞 | new expression; neologism | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 斯 斯 | this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 老成 老成 | mature; experienced; sophisticated | |
| 实 實 | real, true; honest, sincere | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 带上 帶上 | to take along with one | |
| 日头 日頭 | sun (dialect); daytime; date | |
| 前年 前年 | the year before last | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 天上 天上 | celestial; heavenly | |
| 做饭 做飯 | to prepare a meal; to cook | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 阴 陰 | overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 云 云 | (classical) to say | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 夏天 夏天 | summer | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 蓝 藍 | blue; indigo plant | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth |