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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| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 出租 出租 | to rent | |
| 快要 快要 | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) | |
| 饱 飽 | to eat till full; satisfied | |
| 全家 全家 | whole family | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 住院 住院 | to be in hospital; to be hospitalized | |
| 排队 排隊 | to line up | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 半夜 半夜 | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 平常 平常 | ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 校长 校長 | (college, university) president; headmaster | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 平安 平安 | safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 图片 圖片 | picture; photograph | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 人口 人口 | population; people | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 出租车 出租車 | taxi; (Tw) rental car | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 单位 單位 | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 高级 高級 | high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 相同 相同 | identical; same | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 空气 空氣 | air; atmosphere | |
| 英语 英語 | English (language) |