A Land Imagined 2019
幻土
A cop in Singapore investigates the disappearance of a Chinese migrant construction worker who spent sleepless nights playing a mysterious video game.
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Vocabulary
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| 得 得 | to have to; must; ought to; to need to | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 不快 不快 | unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp | Xiehouyu |
| 不动 不動 | motionless | Xiehouyu |
| 好睡 好睡 | good night | Xiehouyu |
| 多事 多事 | meddlesome; eventful | Xiehouyu |
| 没关系 沒關係 | it doesn't matter | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 有病 有病 | to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 有本事 有本事 | to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever,..., if she's so tough,... etc; Example: Hit me if you dare! | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 国语 國語 | Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 山东 山東 | Shandong Province, capital Jinan | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 韩国 韓國 | South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States | Proper Noun |
| 哪知道 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 友 友 | friend, companion; fraternity | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 玩家 玩家 | player (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 做工 做工 | to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 工钱 工錢 | salary; wages | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night |