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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| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 升起 升起 | to raise; to hoist; to rise | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 春风 春風 | spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 年历 年曆 | calendar; diary | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 七十年代 七十年代 | the seventies; the 1970s | |
| 派出所 派出所 | local police station | |
| 五指 五指 | the five fingers of one's hand | |
| 到齐 到齊 | to be all present | |
| 收紧 收緊 | to tighten up (restrictions etc) | |
| 挂住 掛住 | to get caught (entangled); to catch (on sth) | |
| 牛羊 牛羊 | cattle and sheep; livestock | |
| 成群 成群 | in groups; large numbers of; grouping | |
| 做空 做空 | to sell short (finance) | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 内务 內務 | internal affairs; domestic affairs; family affairs; (trad.) affairs within the palace | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 挂面 掛麵 | pasta; noodles | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 破的 破的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 墙报 牆報 | wall newspaper | |
| 跑马 跑馬 | horse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; (dialect) wet dream | |
| 检举 檢舉 | to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb | |
| 直属 直屬 | directly subordinate | |
| 借调 借調 | to temporarily transfer (personnel) | |
| 马刀 馬刀 | saber; cavalry sword | |
| 照相馆 照相館 | photo studio | |
| 输赢 輸贏 | win or loss; outcome | |
| 五环 五環 | five rings; pentacyclic (chemistry) | |
| 把子 把子 | handle | |
| 假大空 假大空 | empty words; bogus speech | |
| 敢做敢当 敢做敢當 | daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it; a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions; the buck stops here | |
| 转行 轉行 | to change profession | |
| 救星 救星 | savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor | |
| 补发 補發 | to supply again (sth lost); to reissue; to pay retroactively | |
| 身世 身世 | one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 岁时 歲時 | season; time of the year | |
| 一世 一世 | generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) | |
| 毛线 毛線 | knitting wool; wool yarn | |
| 早死 早死 | to die while still relatively young; to have been dead (for some years) | |
| 板报 板報 | blackboard bulletin with short news items written on it (can usually be found in factories, schools etc) | |
| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 今世 今世 | this life; this age |