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%

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Vocabulary

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to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of HSK 4
zhé to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book HSK 4
yāo waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins HSK 4
chún pure; simple; unmixed; genuine HSK 4
zǒng zhī in a word; in short; in brief HSK 4
to forecast; to predict HSK 4
to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove HSK 4
shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
湿 shī moist; wet HSK 4
tooth; ivory HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
jiǎn shǎo to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower HSK 4
chéng dān to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
shì lady; madam; Miss; Ms HSK 4
liáng to measure HSK 4
zhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research HSK 4
bīng ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine HSK 4
què rèn to confirm; to verify; confirmation HSK 4
to breathe HSK 4
měi beautiful woman HSK 4
tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
bǎo bao darling; baby HSK 4
to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
xìng interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
qiē to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential HSK 4
graduation; to graduate; to finish school HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
chōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash HSK 4
shēn qǐng to apply for sth; application form HSK 4
shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
tóu investment; to invest HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
shǒu shù (surgical) operation; surgery HSK 4
jìn nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4