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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| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 天气 天氣 | weather | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 冷 冷 | cold | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 来到 來到 | to arrive; to come | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 下午 下午 | afternoon; p.m. | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 电视 電視 | television; TV | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 中国 中國 | China | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- |