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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时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
改行 改行 gǎi háng to change profession Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
深圳 深圳 Shēn zhèn Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
米高 米高 Mǐ gāo (HK) (name) Michael Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
伦敦 倫敦 Lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
卡门 卡門 Kǎ mén Carmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
老人院 老人院 lǎo rén yuàn nursing home; old people's home ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
加大 加大 jiā dà to increase (e.g. one's effort) ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) ∼HSK 2
生出 生出 shēng chū to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
带给 帶給 dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
鲈鱼 鱸魚 lú yú bass; perch ∼HSK 2
鲳鱼 鯧魚 chāng yú silvery pomfret; butterfish ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
薏米 薏米 yì mǐ grains of Job's tears plant ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
套房 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom ∼HSK 2
两头 兩頭 liǎng tóu both ends; both parties to a deal ∼HSK 2
蟹黄 蟹黃 xiè huáng the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
生孩子 生孩子 shēng hái zi to give birth to a baby ∼HSK 2
生鱼片 生魚片 shēng yú piàn sashimi ∼HSK 2
吃草 吃草 chī cǎo to graze; to eat grass ∼HSK 2
长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà - duǎn shuō (idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
停工 停工 tíng gōng to stop work; to shut down; to stop production ∼HSK 2
八成 八成 bā chéng eighty percent; most probably; most likely ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
推拿 推拿 tuī ná tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy) ∼HSK 2
草蜢 草蜢 cǎo měng grasshopper ∼HSK 2