Chungking Express 1994
重庆森林
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
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Vocabulary
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| 雷阵雨 雷陣雨 | thundershower | |
| 荔枝 荔枝 | litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) | |
| 抽筋 抽筋 | cramp; charley horse; to pull a tendon | |
| 自暴自弃 自暴自棄 | to abandon oneself to despair; to give up and stop bothering | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 哇塞 哇塞 | (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1 sei1] | |
| 泡妞 泡妞 | to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 雨衣 雨衣 | raincoat | |
| 歌星 歌星 | singing star; famous singer | |
| 钟头 鐘頭 | hour | |
| 麦克风 麥克風 | microphone (loanword) | |
| 特大 特大 | exceptionally big | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 到期 到期 | to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc) | |
| 番茄 番茄 | tomato | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 厨师 廚師 | cook; chef | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 扁 扁 | small boat | |
| 本质 本質 | essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality | |
| 薯条 薯條 | french fries; french fried potatoes; chips | |
| 酱 醬 | thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam | |
| 肿 腫 | to swell; swelling; swollen | |
| 机关 機關 | mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick | |
| 当成 當成 | to consider as; to take to be | |
| 当天 當天 | on that day | |
| 扎 扎 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 定位 定位 | to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 酷 酷 | ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool; hip | |
| 党 黨 | party; association; club; society | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 搞不好 搞不好 | (coll.) maybe; perhaps | Colloquialism |
| 神经 神經 | nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob | Colloquialism |