Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story 1996

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Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

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3.61 Beginner Director Peter Chan Ho-Sun 🍅 91%

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Vocabulary

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cái by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
jiǔ jiā restaurant; bartender; (old) wineshop; tavern ∼HSK 2
dǎo tóu to lie down; to die ∼HSK 2
lán basket ∼HSK 2
tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
jǐng fāng police ∼HSK 2
qiān a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
liáng chá Chinese herb tea ∼HSK 2
zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
shōu to collect rent ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
diàn laundry (commercial establishment) ∼HSK 2
jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
pǎo diào to run away; to take to one's heels ∼HSK 2
shén me fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
bàn biān tiān half the sky; women of the new society; womenfolk ∼HSK 2
xīng five-star (hotel) ∼HSK 2
wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) HSK 2
chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
Yīng wén English (language) HSK 2
zhào passport HSK 2
zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
dōng fāng east HSK 2
kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
yuè liang the moon HSK 2
dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
ài ren spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) HSK 2
yǐng piàn a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie HSK 2
huā yuán garden HSK 2
xíng chē bicycle; bike HSK 2
píng ān safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace HSK 2
xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
tiě underground railway; subway; subway train HSK 2
xià tiān summer HSK 2
hǎo jiǔ quite a while HSK 2
lán blue (color) HSK 2
wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
便 便 biàn convenient HSK 2
hǎo si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
xiǎng an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect HSK 2
cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
deliberately; on purpose HSK 2
绿 green HSK 2
jiǎo angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) HSK 2