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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| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 空 空 | to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time | |
| 记录 記錄 | to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc) | |
| 感受 感受 | to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience | |
| 理由 理由 | reason; grounds; justification | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 现实 現實 | reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 经历 經歷 | experience; to experience; to go through | |
| 人类 人類 | humanity; human race; mankind | |
| 属于 屬於 | to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 面对 面對 | to face; to confront | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 区 區 | area; region; district; small; distinguish | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 转 轉 | see 转文 | |
| 成功 成功 | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly |