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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| 抗争 抗爭 | to resist; to make a stand and fight (against) | |
| 表彰 表彰 | to honor; to commend; to cite (in dispatches) | |
| 斗志 鬥志 | will to fight; fighting spirit | |
| 缸 缸 | jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry | |
| 海绵 海綿 | sponge (zoology); sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc); foam rubber | |
| 搓 搓 | to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 缺口 缺口 | nick; jag; gap; shortfall | |
| 接替 接替 | to replace; to take over (a position or post) | |
| 罐头 罐頭 | tin; can | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 捍卫 捍衛 | to defend; to uphold; to safeguard | |
| 辜负 辜負 | to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint | |
| 腐蚀 腐蝕 | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption | |
| 耳光 耳光 | a slap on the face | |
| 活儿 活兒 | work; (lots of) things to do | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 墓地 墓地 | cemetery; graveyard | |
| 幸亏 幸虧 | fortunately; luckily | |
| 止血 止血 | to staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug) | |
| 关照 關照 | to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind | |
| 轮流 輪流 | to alternate; to take turns | |
| 细心 細心 | careful; attentive | |
| 亲生 親生 | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) | |
| 无私 無私 | selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic | |
| 幻觉 幻覺 | illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination | |
| 移交 移交 | to transfer; to hand over | |
| 磕 磕 | to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) | |
| 溅 濺 | to splash | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 重伤 重傷 | seriously hurt; serious injury | |
| 牙膏 牙膏 | toothpaste | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 变革 變革 | to transform; to change | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 人手 人手 | manpower; staff; human hand | |
| 余地 餘地 | margin; leeway | |
| 致敬 致敬 | to salute; to pay one's respects to; to pay tribute to; to pay homage to | |
| 风云 風雲 | weather; unstable situation | |
| 遗体 遺體 | remains (of a dead person) | |
| 鄙视 鄙視 | to despise; to disdain; to look down upon | |
| 良 良 | good; very; very much | |
| 解散 解散 | to dissolve; to disband | |
| 打仗 打仗 | to fight a battle; to go to war | |
| 迎 迎 | to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face | |
| 察觉 察覺 | to sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detect | |
| 界限 界限 | boundary | |
| 撒谎 撒謊 | to tell lies | |
| 粉碎 粉碎 | to crush; to smash; to shatter | |
| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people |