A Simple Life

A Simple Life 2012

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After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.

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3.96 Beginner Director Ann Hui 🍅 94%

Cast

Andy Lau Andy Lau Roger Leung Deanie Ip Deanie Ip Ah Tao Qin Hailu Qin Hailu Ms. Choi Wang Fuli Wang Fuli Roger's Mother Paul Chun Pui Paul Chun Pui Uncle Kin Leung Tin Leung Tin Head Master Wendy Yu Man-Si Wendy Yu Man-Si Sharon Eman Lam Yi-Man Eman Lam Yi-Man Carmen Elena Kong Mei-Yee Elena Kong Mei-Yee Aunt Kam's Daughter Jason Chan Chi-San Jason Chan Chi-San Jason

Vocabulary

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春蚕到死丝方尽 春蠶到死絲方盡 chūn cán dào sǐ sī fāng jìn the silkworm spins silk until its death (idiom); fig. undying devotion; to give one's all to the very end Idiom ∼HSK 7
青鸟殷勤 青鳥殷勤 qīng niǎo yīn qín lit. the bluebird is attentive (idiom); fig. a devoted messenger of love; a go-between bearing news from a lover Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
五花八门 五花八門 wǔ huā bā mén myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of Idiom HSK 7
十字路口 十字路口 shí zì lù kǒu crossroads; intersection Idiom HSK 7
乱七八糟 亂七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled Idiom HSK 7
不定 不定 bù dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
奔波 奔波 bēn bō to rush about; to be constantly on the move Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
便利店 便利店 biàn lì diàn convenience store HSK 7
桂花 桂花 guì huā osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans HSK 7
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened HSK 7
耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time) HSK 7
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7
恩赐 恩賜 ēn cì favor; to give charity to sb out of pity HSK 7
垫子 墊子 diàn zi cushion; mat; pad HSK 7
稠 稠 chóu dense; crowded; thick; many HSK 7
大款 大款 dà kuǎn very wealthy person HSK 7
放水 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water; to let water out; (sports) to throw a game HSK 7
床位 床位 chuáng wèi bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk HSK 7
回扣 回扣 huí kòu brokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback HSK 7
现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made; readily available HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
替身 替身 tì shēn stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
恳求 懇求 kěn qiú to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty HSK 7
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad HSK 7
腥 腥 xīng fishy (smell) HSK 7
同年 同年 tóng nián the same year HSK 7
家政 家政 jiā zhèng housekeeping HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie HSK 7
煲 煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan HSK 7
免除 免除 miǎn chú to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit HSK 7
小看 小看 xiǎo kàn to look down on; to underestimate HSK 7
豆子 豆子 dòu zi bean; pea HSK 7
零钱 零錢 líng qián change (of money); small change; pocket money HSK 7
针灸 針灸 zhēn jiǔ acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion HSK 7
贵重 貴重 guì zhòng precious HSK 7
衰退 衰退 shuāi tuì to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics) HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
核对 核對 hé duì to check; to verify; to audit; to examine HSK 7
亲身 親身 qīn shēn personal; oneself HSK 7
蒜 蒜 suàn garlic HSK 7
均匀 均勻 jūn yún even; well-distributed; homogeneous; well-proportioned (figure, body etc) HSK 7
菊花 菊花 jú huā chrysanthemum; (slang) anus HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7