American Girl 2021
美國女孩
When her mother gets sick, 13-year-old Fen moves back to Taiwan, where she struggles to fit in amid the 2003 SARS epidemic.
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Vocabulary
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| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 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 | |
| 价 價 | price; value; (chemistry) valence | |
| 签 籤 | to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 签); visa | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 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 | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 待 待 | to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 拥有 擁有 | to have; to possess | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 贴心 貼心 | intimate; close; considerate | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | surname Shuai | |
| 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 |
| 耶稣基督 耶穌基督 | Jesus Christ | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 广州市 廣州市 | Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 卫生部 衛生部 | Ministry of Health | Proper Noun |
| 礼拜一 禮拜一 | Monday | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 观音 觀音 | Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) | Proper Noun |
| 汉诺威 漢諾威 | Hanover | Proper Noun |
| 汉堡 漢堡 | Hamburg (German city) | Proper Noun |
| 下个月 下個月 | next month | |
| 仪 儀 | ceremony, rites gifts; admire | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 牙套 牙套 | orthodontic brace; (dental) crown | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this |