Buddha Mountain 2011
观音山
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
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Vocabulary
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| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 物极必反 物極必反 | when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) | Idiom |
| 摁 摁 | to press with the hand | |
| 咒 呪 | curse, damn, incantation | |
| 唱戏 唱戲 | to perform in opera | |
| 不舍 不捨 | reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of | |
| 珠 珠 | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl | |
| 娟 娟 | beautiful, graceful | |
| 匀 勻 | even, distribute | |
| 弄碎 弄碎 | to crumble | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 不停 不停 | incessant | |
| 洒 灑 | to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 迷人 迷人 | fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting | |
| 一下子 一下子 | in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden | |
| 地震 地震 | earthquake | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 蛇 虵 | snake; serpent | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 瘦 瘦 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 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 | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 拥有 擁有 | to have; to possess | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | 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 |
| 杰克逊 傑克遜 | Jackson (name); Jackson city, capital of Mississippi | Proper Noun |
| 观音 觀音 | Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) | Proper Noun |
| 汶川地震 汶川地震 | Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) | Proper Noun |
| 观音菩萨 觀音菩薩 | Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) | Proper Noun |
| 白蛇传 白蛇傳 | Tale of the White Snake; Madame White Snake | Proper Noun |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 买单 買單 | to pay the restaurant bill | |
| 梦中 夢中 | in a dream | |
| 要嘛 要嘛 | either...; or... | |
| 无常 無常 | variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter |