Youth 2017
芳华
A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection that shapes their lives.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 挤出 擠出 | to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out | |
| 供水 供水 | to supply water | |
| 锅炉 鍋爐 | boiler | |
| 臭味 臭味 | bad smell; foul odor | |
| 屏 屏 | folding screen, shield | |
| 唬 唬 | to intimidate; to scare | |
| 嘣 嘣 | syllable | |
| 摘下 摘下 | to take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc); to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc); (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) | |
| 芭 芭 | plantain or banana palm; fragrant | |
| 总司令 總司令 | commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations | |
| 杭 杭 | cross stream; navigate | |
| 洪 洪 | vast, immense; flood, deluge | |
| 奖状 獎狀 | prize certificate; certificate of merit | |
| 谭 譚 | surname | |
| 邱 邱 | surname; hill; mound; grave | |
| 佩 佩 | belt ornament, pendant; wear at waist, tie to the belt; respect | |
| 珠 珠 | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl | |
| 军政 軍政 | army and government | |
| 尽到 盡到 | to fulfill (one's duty etc) | |
| 相认 相認 | to know each other; to recognize; to identify; to acknowledge (an old relationship) | |
| 上辈子 上輩子 | one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation | |
| 孽 孼 | evil; son of concubine; ghost | |
| 下辈子 下輩子 | the next life | |
| 军事法庭 軍事法庭 | court-martial; military tribunal | |
| 倩 倩 | beautiful, lovely; son-in-law | |
| 鬼鬼祟祟 鬼鬼祟祟 | (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive | |
| 君 君 | lord, sir | |
| 渝 渝 | change; chongqing | |
| 藤 籐 | rattan, cane; creeper plant | |
| 吃闲饭 吃閒飯 | to lead an idle life; to be a loafer | |
| 滇 滇 | Yunnan province | |
| 营房 營房 | barracks; living quarters | |
| 珍 珍 | precious, valuable, rare | |
| 出戏 出戲 | (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance | |
| 护送 護送 | to escort; to accompany | |
| 和声 和聲 | harmony (music) | |
| 驱 驅 | spur a horse on; expel, drive away | |
| 如画 如畫 | picturesque | |
| 崩 崩 | rupture, split apart, collapse | |
| 门诊部 門診部 | outpatient department | |
| 看清 看清 | to see clearly | |
| 沂 沂 | river in southeast Shandong | |
| 颂 頌 | laud, acclaim; hymn; ode | |
| 晗 晗 | pre-dawn | |
| 驼 駝 | a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back | |
| 两样 兩樣 | not the same; different | |
| 未曾 未曾 | hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever | |
| 崴 崴 | high, lofty; precipitous | |
| 呐 吶 | modal particle | |
| 我操 我操 | (substitute for) fuck; WTF |