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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| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 有时候 有時候 | sometimes | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 房间 房間 | room | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 打开 打開 | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 冷 冷 | cold | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 电脑 電腦 | computer | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent |