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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cān tīng dining hall; dining room; restaurant HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
chéng to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed HSK 5
huà in a word; in short HSK 5
hòu huǐ to regret; to feel remorse HSK 5
shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
song HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
cháng shì to try; to attempt HSK 5
rén shì person; figure; public figure HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
jiē chù to touch; to contact; access; in touch with HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
xìng woman; the female sex HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng 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) HSK 5
liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
bái bái (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 ∼HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Dèng jūn Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Mài dāng láo McDonald's (fast food company) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Táng rén Jiē Chinatown Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wēi lián William or Wilhelm (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yóu Shén xiàng Statue of Liberty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
mèi (in Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao) girl from the mainland; (Tw) Fushan lettuce Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广 Guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广 Guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Gāo xióng Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 rén Mexican Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yìn ān (American) Indian; native American; indigenous peoples of the Americas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
guó shà Empire State Building (New York City) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhōng guó mainland China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xià yuè next month HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
liàn love; long for, yearn for; love ∼HSK 4
fēn kuǎn to pay in installments; payment in installments ∼HSK 4
shuì xǐng to wake up ∼HSK 4