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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| 悄悄 悄悄 | quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiǎo qiǎo] | |
| 岁月 歲月 | years; time | |
| 盆 盆 | basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters | |
| 将要 將要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 边境 邊境 | frontier; border | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 猴子 猴子 | monkey | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 摘 摘 | to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 射击 射擊 | to shoot; to fire (a gun) | |
| 光荣 光榮 | honor and glory; glorious | |
| 保卫 保衛 | to defend; to safeguard | |
| 宾馆 賓館 | guesthouse; lodge; hotel | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 军人 軍人 | serviceman; soldier; military personnel | |
| 肩 肩 | shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc) | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 挣 掙 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 继承 繼承 | to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc) | |
| 握 握 | to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful | |
| 脱离 脫離 | to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany) | |
| 伸 伸 | to stretch; to extend | |
| 向前 向前 | forward; onward | |
| 汗 汗 | see 汗, 汗国 | |
| 稍微 稍微 | a little bit | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 子弹 子彈 | bullet | |
| 宿舍 宿舍 | dormitory; dorm room; living quarters; hostel | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 珍惜 珍惜 | to treasure; to value; to cherish | |
| 助理 助理 | assistant | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 指示 指示 | to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 解放 解放 | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see |