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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| 人生 人生 | life (one's time on earth) | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 台 檯 | platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines | |
| 按 按 | to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 保持 保持 | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 指 指 | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 区 區 | area; region; district; small; distinguish | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 目前 目前 | at the present time; currently | |
| 游戏 遊戲 | game; to play | |
| 拍 拍 | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 转 轉 | to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 情况 情況 | circumstances; state of affairs; situation | |
| 世界 世界 | world | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |