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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| 马超 馬超 | Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | Proper Noun |
| 邓丽君 鄧麗君 | Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol | Proper Noun |
| 锦江 錦江 | Jinjiang district of Chengdu city, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 滚滚 滾滾 | nickname for a panda | Proper Noun |
| 青山 青山 | Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 变形金刚 變形金剛 | Transformers (franchise) | Proper Noun |
| 滴滴 滴滴 | DiDi, app-based transportation company | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 峰 峯 | peak, summit; hump of camel | |
| 首长 首長 | senior official | |
| 骑兵 騎兵 | cavalry | |
| 玛 瑪 | agate; cornelian | |
| 当兵 當兵 | to serve in the army; to be a soldier | |
| 指导员 指導員 | instructor; coach; political instructor (in the PLA) | |
| 民兵 民兵 | people's militia; militia; militiaman | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 博 博 | gamble, play games; wide, broad | |
| 咱俩 咱倆 | the two of us | |
| 弹药 彈藥 | ammunition | |
| 假牙 假牙 | false teeth; dentures | |
| 新兵 新兵 | new (army) recruit | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 帮厨 幫廚 | help in the mess kitchen | |
| 怀 懷 | bosom, breast; carry in bosom | |
| 平反 平反 | to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied) | |
| 高烧 高燒 | fever; high temperature | |
| 看守 看守 | to guard; to watch over | |
| 出列 出列 | (military) to leave one's place in the ranks; to fall out; (fig.) to emerge; to become prominent | |
| 诠释 詮釋 | to interpret; to comment and explain; to annotate; to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role); to decode; interpretation; annotation | |
| 抽调 抽調 | to transfer (personnel or material) | |
| 服役 服役 | to serve in the army; in active service | |
| 毕 畢 | end, finish, conclude; completed | |
| 注意力 注意力 | attention | |
| 站稳 站穩 | to stand firm | |
| 登报 登報 | to publish in the newspapers | |
| 烧水 燒水 | to heat water; to boil water | |
| 著书 著書 | to write a book | |
| 猪圈 豬圈 | pigsty (lit. and fig.) | |
| 索 索 | large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated | |
| 风箱 風箱 | bellows | |
| 不稳 不穩 | unstable; unsteady | |
| 五洲 五洲 | five continents; the world | |
| 永 永 | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 橱窗 櫥窗 | display window | |
| 顶住 頂住 | to withstand; to stand up to | |
| 下沉 下沉 | to sink down | |
| 脱靶 脫靶 | to miss; to shoot and miss the target; off the mark | |
| 败类 敗類 | scum of a community; degenerate |