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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| 恋爱 戀愛 | (romantic) love; in love; to have an affair | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 私人 私人 | private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique | |
| 或是 或是 | or; either one or the other | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 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 | |
| 接触 接觸 | to touch; to contact; access; in touch with | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 记忆 記憶 | to remember; to recall; memory | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 分享 分享 | to share (let others have some of sth good) | |
| 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 | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 | lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old | Idiom |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | 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 |
| 问候 問候 | to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 印度人 印度人 | Indian (person); Indian people | Proper Noun |
| 愚人节 愚人節 | April Fools' Day | Proper Noun |
| 日文 日文 | Japanese (language) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 沙拉 沙拉 | (loanword) salad | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 梦游 夢遊 | to sleepwalk; to journey in a dream | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 菲 菲 | fragrant, luxuriant; the Philippines | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 登机证 登機證 | (HK, Tw) boarding pass | |
| 擦身而过 擦身而過 | to brush past | |
| 打扰了 打擾了 | sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable | |
| 有失 有失 | to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) | |
| 恋 戀 | love; long for, yearn for; love | |
| 逛街 逛街 | to take a walk; to window-shop; to stroll down the street | |
| 太阳眼镜 太陽眼鏡 | sunglasses |