All's Well, End's Well 2009 2009
家有喜事2009
Kei's eldest sister Sandra is a hot-tempered magazine editor and her temperament has left her single all this while. One of the family rules is that none of the siblings could get married before their eldest sister. Kei seeks help from the famous Casanova, Koo Chai, to pretend to court his eldest sister and lure her into the mood of love.
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Vocabulary
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| 不上不下 不上不下 | 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down | Idiom |
| 电闪雷鸣 電閃雷鳴 | 电: electricity; electric; lightning · 闪: flash; avoid, dodge, evade · 雷: thunder · 鸣: cry of bird or animal; make sound | Idiom |
| 风土人情 風土人情 | local conditions and customs (idiom) | Idiom |
| 顺理成章 順理成章 | logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text) | Idiom |
| 水落石出 水落石出 | as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light | Idiom |
| 天长地久 天長地久 | enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 霸道 霸道 | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 尴尬 尷尬 | awkward; embarrassed | Xiehouyu |
| 使唤 使喚 | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] | Colloquialism |
| 亲热 親熱 | affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 受过 受過 | to take the blame (for sb else) | |
| 壮胆 壯膽 | to get one’s courage up; to embolden | |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 指南针 指南針 | compass | |
| 标榜 標榜 | to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise | |
| 鸟巢 鳥巢 | bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium | |
| 基本功 基本功 | basic skills; fundamentals | |
| 伯父 伯父 | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man | |
| 宏观 宏觀 | macro-; macroscopic; holistic | |
| 焦距 焦距 | focal length; focal distance | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 凶恶 兇惡 | fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening | |
| 容颜 容顏 | mien; complexion | |
| 骨干 骨幹 | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone | |
| 对白 對白 | dialogue (in a movie or a play) | |
| 迎面 迎面 | directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind) | |
| 算账 算賬 | (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge | |
| 叫好 叫好 | to applaud; to cheer | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 口碑 口碑 | public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom | |
| 管教 管教 | to discipline; to teach; to guarantee | |
| 吝啬 吝嗇 | stingy; mean; miserly | |
| 英明 英明 | wise; brilliant | |
| 家用 家用 | home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money | |
| 欠缺 欠缺 | to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency | |
| 火锅 火鍋 | hotpot | |
| 挽 挽 | to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover | |
| 煲 煲 | to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan | |
| 容貌 容貌 | one's appearance; one's aspect; looks; features | |
| 坚硬 堅硬 | hard; solid | |
| 失灵 失靈 | out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system) | |
| 顺手 順手 | easily; without trouble; while one is at it; in passing; handy | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 晒太阳 曬太陽 | to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 哨 哨 | a whistle; sentry |