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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 演员 演員 | actor or actress; performer | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 演 演 | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 设备 設備 | equipment; facilities; installations | |
| 超级 超級 | super-; ultra-; hyper- | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 代 代 | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 保险 保險 | insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to | |
| 成员 成員 | member | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 理由 理由 | reason; grounds; justification | |
| 经验 經驗 | experience; to experience | |
| 追 追 | to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 市场 市場 | marketplace; market (also in abstract) | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 更加 更加 | more (than sth else); even more | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 经历 經歷 | experience; to experience; to go through | |
| 值得 值得 | to be worth; to deserve | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally |