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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| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 损失 損失 | loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 恢复 恢復 | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 千奇百怪 千奇百怪 | fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) | Idiom |
| 无用 無用 | useless; worthless | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 闹肚子 鬧肚子 | (coll.) to have diarrhea | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 罗杰 羅傑 | Roger | Proper Noun |
| 菲佣 菲傭 | Filipino maid | Proper Noun |
| 新界 新界 | New Territories (in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 英格兰 英格蘭 | England | Proper Noun |
| 福田区 福田區 | Futian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 罗兰 羅蘭 | Roland (name) | Proper Noun |
| 拉丁舞 拉丁舞 | Latin dance | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 蔡 蔡 | surname; species of tortoise | |
| 坚 堅 | hard, strong, firm; resolute | |
| 婆婆 婆婆 | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma | |
| 假牙 假牙 | false teeth; dentures | |
| 杰 傑 | hero; heroic, outstanding | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 梅 梅 | plums; prunes; surname | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it |