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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六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
邋里邋遢 邋裡邋遢 lā li lā ta messy; slovenly; unkempt ∼HSK 1
睡衣 睡衣 shuì yī night clothes; pajamas ∼HSK 1
年中 年中 nián zhōng within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year ∼HSK 1
您好 您好 nín hǎo hello (polite) ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
下一次 下一次 xià yī cì next ∼HSK 1
家老 家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household ∼HSK 1
喝高 喝高 hē gāo to get drunk ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
栗子 栗子 lì zi chestnut ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
几岁 幾歲 jǐ suì how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
老爸 老爸 lǎo bà father; dad ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
老小 老小 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young; the youngest member of the family ∼HSK 1
慢走 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
年三十 年三十 nián sān shí last day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve ∼HSK 1
友 友 yǒu friend, companion; fraternity ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
九十 九十 jiǔ shí ninety ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
真人 真人 zhēn rén a real person; Daoist spiritual master ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
吃奶 吃奶 chī nǎi to suck the breast (for milk) ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
外甥 外甥 wài shēng sister's son; wife's sibling's son ∼HSK 1
妈咪 媽咪 mā mi mommy (loanword) ∼HSK 1
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
客 客 kè guest, traveller; customer ∼HSK 1
买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
好玩 好玩 hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
机能 機能 jī néng function ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1