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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| 害羞 害羞 | shy; embarrassed; bashful | |
| 蜂蜜 蜂蜜 | honey | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 糖尿病 糖尿病 | diabetes; diabetes mellitus | |
| 积 積 | to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing | |
| 勉强 勉強 | to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 称呼 稱呼 | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation | |
| 无力 無力 | powerless; lacking strength | |
| 身子 身子 | body; pregnancy; health | |
| 煎 煎 | to pan fry; to sauté | |
| 走廊 走廊 | corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda | |
| 底线 底線 | bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant | |
| 条款 條款 | clause (of contract or law) | |
| 限 限 | to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 正面 正面 | front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open | |
| 流氓 流氓 | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior | |
| 姜 薑 | ginger | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 粒 粒 | grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 癌症 癌症 | cancer | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 甜蜜 甜蜜 | sweet; happy | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 奖品 獎品 | award; prize | |
| 缝 縫 | to sew; to stitch | |
| 牙齿 牙齒 | tooth; dental | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 祈祷 祈禱 | to pray; to say one's prayers; prayer | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 口味 口味 | a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor | |
| 嫉妒 嫉妒 | to be jealous of; to envy | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 预算 預算 | budget | |
| 标 標 | mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units | |
| 瓦 瓦 | roof tile; abbr. for 特 | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 粘 粘 | to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to | |
| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 灰 灰 | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected | |
| 拨 撥 | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face |