A Simple Life 2012
桃姐
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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Vocabulary
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| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 局 侷 | office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 光明正大 光明正大 | (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open | Idiom |
| 热乎乎 熱乎乎 | warm; (of food) piping hot; (fig.) roused to warm feelings | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 万金油 萬金油 | Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains; (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 旧金山 舊金山 | San Francisco, California | Proper Noun |
| 东南亚 東南亞 | Southeast Asia | Proper Noun |
| 九龙 九龍 | Kowloon district of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 大马 大馬 | Malaysia | Proper Noun |
| 中环 中環 | Central, Hong Kong Island | Proper Noun |
| 深水埗 深水埗 | Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 圣经 聖經 | the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures | Proper Noun |
| 美的 美的 | Midea (brand) | Proper Noun |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 乱讲 亂講 | to talk nonsense; nonsense! | |
| 拍电影 拍電影 | to make a movie | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 有福 有福 | to be blessed | |
| 糖水 糖水 | syrup; sweetened water; tong sui (sweet soup) | |
| 五金 五金 | metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 健 健 | strong, robust, healthy; strength | |
| 康 康 | peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy | |
| 花光 花光 | to spend all one's money | |
| 生化 生化 | biochemistry | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 双人房 雙人房 | double room | |
| 弄伤 弄傷 | to bruise; to hurt (something) | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 养老送终 養老送終 | to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die | |
| 衣物 衣物 | clothing; clothing and other personal items | |
| 不合 不合 | to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 黑乎乎 黑乎乎 | variant of |