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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| 花费 花費 | expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 留言 留言 | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message | |
| 肿 腫 | to swell; swelling; swollen | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 血管 血管 | vein; artery | |
| 合约 合約 | treaty; contract | |
| 刮 刮 | to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 账户 賬戶 | bank account; online account | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 扎 扎 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 平衡 平衡 | balance; equilibrium | |
| 物品 物品 | articles; goods | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 心脏 心臟 | heart | |
| 杆 杆 | pole | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 超 超 | to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 老样子 老樣子 | old situation; things as they were | Xiehouyu |
| 零碎 零碎 | scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends | Xiehouyu |
| 搞不好 搞不好 | (coll.) maybe; perhaps | Colloquialism |
| 礼拜 禮拜 | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 涩 澀 | astringent; harsh; uneven, rough | |
| 姑 姑 | paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) | |
| 恭喜发财 恭喜發財 | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) | |
| 探访 探訪 | to seek by inquiry or search; to call on; to visit |