A Simple Life

A Simple Life 2012

桃姐 táo jiě

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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保存 保存 bǎo cún to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing) HSK 3
乐队 樂隊 yuè duì band; pop group HSK 3
裤子 褲子 kù zi trousers; pants HSK 3
属 屬 shǔ category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute HSK 3
游泳 游泳 yóu yǒng swimming; to swim HSK 3
欢乐 歡樂 huān lè gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
退休 退休 tuì xiū to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
富 富 fù rich; abundant; wealthy HSK 3
长期 長期 cháng qī long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) HSK 3
补 補 bǔ to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
福 福 fú good fortune; happiness; luck HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
机器 機器 jī qì machine HSK 3
将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
羊 羊 yáng sheep; goat HSK 3
甜 甜 tián sweet HSK 3
缺 缺 quē deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of HSK 3
进步 進步 jìn bù progress; improvement; to improve; to progress HSK 3
土 土 tǔ earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
胖 胖 pán healthy; at ease HSK 3
费用 費用 fèi yòng cost; expenditure; expense HSK 3
命运 命運 mìng yùn fate; destiny HSK 3
搬 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
汤 湯 shāng rushing current HSK 3
游 遊 yóu to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel HSK 3
主任 主任 zhǔ rèn director; head HSK 3
上去 上去 shàng qù to go up HSK 3
桥 橋 qiáo bridge HSK 3
存 存 cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
生意 生意 shēng yì life force; vitality HSK 3
烟 煙 yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct; director (film etc) HSK 3
领 領 lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
化 化 huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
防 防 fáng to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent HSK 3
费 費 fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
赶紧 趕緊 gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
反正 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
香 香 xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
浪费 浪費 làng fèi to waste; to squander HSK 3
付 付 fù to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3
制作 製作 zhì zuò to make; to manufacture HSK 3
修 修 xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
慢慢 慢慢 màn màn slowly HSK 3
奇怪 奇怪 qí guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3