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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xiàng back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc HSK 4
office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
zhèng government HSK 4
chǔ 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 HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
guāng míng zhèng (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open Idiom ∼HSK 3
warm; (of food) piping hot; (fig.) roused to warm feelings Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
wàn jīn yóu Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains; (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn 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 HSK 3
Jiù jīn shān San Francisco, California Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Dōng nán Southeast Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Jiǔ lóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Malaysia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhōng huán Central, Hong Kong Island Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Shēn shuǐ Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Shèng jīng the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Měi Midea (brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
luàn jiǎng to talk nonsense; nonsense! ∼HSK 3
pāi diàn yǐng to make a movie ∼HSK 3
Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
yǒu to be blessed ∼HSK 3
táng shuǐ syrup; sweetened water; tong sui (sweet soup) ∼HSK 3
jīn metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin ∼HSK 3
shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
jiàn strong, robust, healthy; strength ∼HSK 3
Kāng peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy ∼HSK 3
huā guāng to spend all one's money ∼HSK 3
shēng huà biochemistry ∼HSK 3
Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
shuāng rén fáng double room ∼HSK 3
nòng shāng to bruise; to hurt (something) ∼HSK 3
wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die ∼HSK 3
clothing; clothing and other personal items ∼HSK 3
to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
huì mortal ∼HSK 3
hēi variant of ∼HSK 3