Comrades, Almost a Love Story 1996
甜蜜蜜
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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Vocabulary
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| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 装 裝 | adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 家庭 家庭 | family; household | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 段 段 | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc | |
| 来自 來自 | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) | |
| 换 換 | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 也许 也許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 永远 永遠 | forever; eternal | |
| 句 句 | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse | |
| 卖 賣 | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt | |
| 组 組 | to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 离开 離開 | to depart; to leave | |
| 万 萬 | ten thousand; a great number | |
| 讲 講 | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 当时 當時 | then; at that time; while | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 有人 有人 | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) | |
| 不同 不同 | different; distinct; not the same; not alike | |
| 只要 只要 | if only; so long as | |
| 刚 剛 | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly | |
| 接 接 | to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb | |
| 可是 可是 | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed | |
| 发 發 | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) | |
| 完 完 | to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire | |
| 机会 機會 | opportunity; chance; occasion | |
| 过去 過去 | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by | |
| 见到 見到 | to see | |
| 为什么 為什麼 | why?; for what reason? | |
| 件 件 | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc | |
| 场 場 | threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout | |
| 条 條 | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) | |
| 然后 然後 | then; after that; afterwards | |
| 感觉 感覺 | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive | |
| 长 長 | length; long; forever; always; constantly | |
| 所有 所有 | all; to have; to possess; to own |