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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| 铃 鈴 | (small) bell | |
| 盆 盆 | basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 从中 從中 | from within; therefrom | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 脸色 臉色 | complexion; look | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 物理 物理 | physics; physical | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 漏 漏 | to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 锅 鍋 | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 扇 扇 | to fan; to slap sb on the face | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 资产 資產 | property; assets | |
| 糟糕 糟糕 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 时机 時機 | opportunity; opportune moment | |
| 艰难 艱難 | difficult; hard; challenging | |
| 沟通 溝通 | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 签名 簽名 | to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 注册 註冊 | to register; to enroll | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 答 答 | to answer; to reply; to respond | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 瘦 瘦 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 博士 博士 | doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D. | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 全世界 全世界 | worldwide; entire world | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 高度 高度 | height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) |