Your Name Engraved Herein 2020
刻在你心底的名字
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
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Vocabulary
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| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 人犯 人犯 | criminal; culprit; suspect (old) | |
| 暴食 暴食 | to eat too much; to binge | |
| 怠惰 怠惰 | idleness | |
| 训导处 訓導處 | dean of students office (Tw) | |
| 铁丝网 鐵絲網 | wire netting | |
| 同班 同班 | to be in the same class; to be in the same squad; classmate | |
| 吹奏 吹奏 | to play (wind instruments) | |
| 盯住 盯住 | to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports) | |
| 砖头 磚頭 | brick | |
| 屁事 屁事 | (vulgar) trifling matter; mere trifle; goddamn thing; goddamn business | |
| 原地踏步 原地踏步 | to mark time (military); to make no headway | |
| 回荡 迴盪 | to resound; to reverberate; to echo | |
| 靡靡之音 靡靡之音 | (idiom) decadent music | |
| 炒面 炒麵 | stir-fried noodles; "chow mein" | |
| 寻呼机 尋呼機 | pager; beeper | |
| 侥幸 僥倖 | luckily; by a fluke | |
| 槟榔 檳榔 | betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut | |
| 勒令 勒令 | to order; to force | |
| 不肖 不肖 | (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy | |
| 别理 別理 | don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 罪过 罪過 | sin; offense | |
| 世界末日 世界末日 | end of the world | |
| 通讯录 通訊錄 | address book; directory | |
| 与生俱来 與生俱來 | inherent; innate | |
| 罪人 罪人 | sinner | |
| 小酌 小酌 | to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party) | |
| 蠢事 蠢事 | folly | |
| 没命 沒命 | to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately | |
| 脊椎侧弯 脊椎側彎 | scoliosis | |
| 家电 家電 | household electric appliance; abbr. for 家用电器 | |
| 赶不上 趕不上 | can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake | |
| 教育部 教育部 | Ministry of Education | |
| 造反 造反 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 排行榜 排行榜 | the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking | |
| 冷水 冷水 | cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 淹没 淹沒 | to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 海报 海報 | poster; playbill; notice | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 罪恶 罪惡 | crime; evil; sin | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 上台 上台 | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 奉献 奉獻 | to offer respectfully; to consecrate; to dedicate; to devote | |
| 炮 炮 | to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating |