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.
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Vocabulary
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| 瞎说 瞎說 | to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about | Xiehouyu |
| 各奔东西 各奔東西 | to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with sb; Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1] | Xiehouyu |
| 无穷无尽 無窮無盡 | endless; boundless; infinite | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 磨牙 磨牙 | to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 活雷锋 活雷鋒 | a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way) | |
| 仰望 仰望 | to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully | |
| 转业 轉業 | to change one's profession; to transfer to civilian work | |
| 入伍 入伍 | to enter the army; to enlist | |
| 间距 間距 | gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events | |
| 标兵 標兵 | parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes); example; model; pacesetter | |
| 雨露 雨露 | rain and dew; (fig.) favor; grace | |
| 凯旋 凱旋 | to return in triumph; to return victorious | |
| 报幕 報幕 | announce the items on a (theatrical) program | |
| 得利 得利 | to benefit (from sth) | |
| 誓死 誓死 | to pledge one's life | |
| 炊事 炊事 | cooking | |
| 搭把手 搭把手 | to help out | |
| 纽襻 紐襻 | button loop | |
| 高原反应 高原反應 | altitude sickness; acute mountain sickness; abbr. to | |
| 体温计 體溫計 | clinical thermometer | |
| 侧耳 側耳 | to bend an ear (to); to listen | |
| 副司令 副司令 | second in command | |
| 独奏 獨奏 | solo | |
| 山崖 山崖 | cliff | |
| 政审 政審 | examine sb's political record; political investigation | |
| 划清 劃清 | to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly | |
| 并拢 併攏 | to draw together; to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc) | |
| 精气神 精氣神 | the three energies of Chinese medicine:,, and | |
| 肥壮 肥壯 | stout and strong | |
| 翡翠 翡翠 | jadeite; tree kingfisher | |
| 赶集 趕集 | to go to market; to go to a fair | |
| 爹娘 爹孃 | (dialect) parents | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 特批 特批 | to give special approval | |
| 耍猴 耍猴 | to get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show; to make fun of sb; to tease | |
| 电炉 電爐 | electric stove; hot plate | |
| 陈醋 陳醋 | mature vinegar | |
| 栅栏 柵欄 | fence | |
| 离谱 離譜 | inappropriate; improper; out of place | |
| 看不惯 看不慣 | cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove | |
| 一惊一乍 一驚一乍 | frightened; flustered | |
| 伏笔 伏筆 | foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) | |
| 德性 德性 | moral integrity | |
| 澡堂 澡堂 | public baths | |
| 扎堆 扎堆 | (of people) to flock together; to congregate | |
| 再审 再審 | to hear a case again; review; retrial | |
| 掺和 摻和 | to mix; to put together; to interfere in; to get involved in |