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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| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 十六 十六 | sixteen; 16 | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 泔水 泔水 | slop; swill | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 一二 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 一号 一號 | first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
| 二号 二號 | 2nd day of the month | |
| 八十 八十 | eighty; 80 | |
| 打错 打錯 | to err; to dial a wrong number; to make a typo | |
| 去你的 去你的 | Get along with you! | |
| 京 京 | capital city | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 下放 下放 | to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 下一个 下一個 | the next one | |
| 上前 上前 | to advance; to step forward | |
| 明早 明早 | tomorrow morning; tomorrow | |
| 大白菜 大白菜 | Chinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) | |
| 号手 號手 | trumpeter; military bugler | |
| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 五一 五一 | 5-1 (May 1st) | |
| 要钱 要錢 | to charge; to demand payment | |
| 关门 關門 | to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) | |
| 这下 這下 | this time | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 和好 和好 | to become reconciled; on good terms with each other | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 找不着 找不著 | to be unable to find | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 东风 東風 | easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances | |
| 找回 找回 | to retrieve |