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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| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 透 透 | (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show | |
| 付出 付出 | to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 美女 美女 | beautiful woman | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 赢得 贏得 | to win; to gain | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 著名 著名 | famous; noted; well-known; celebrated | |
| 牌 牌 | mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal | |
| 律师 律師 | lawyer | |
| 引起 引起 | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse | |
| 亲爱 親愛 | dear; beloved; darling | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 法 㳒 | law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) | |
| 根据 根據 | according to; based on; basis; foundation | |
| 以及 以及 | as well as; too; and | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 死不了 死不了 | Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) | Xiehouyu |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 台中 臺中 | Taichung, city in central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 东南亚 東南亞 | Southeast Asia | Proper Noun |
| 大城市 大城市 | major city; metropolis | Proper Noun |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 链 鏈 | chain, wire, cable; chain, shack | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 相亲 相親 | blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]); to be deeply attached to each other | |
| 订位 訂位 | to reserve a seat; to book a table; reservation | |
| 新婚 新婚 | newly wed | |
| 地产 地產 | real estate; landed estate; landed property | |
| 黑乎乎 黑乎乎 | variant of | |
| 干活 幹活 | to work; to be employed | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 饿死 餓死 | to starve to death; to be very hungry | |
| 店员 店員 | shop assistant; salesclerk; salesperson | |
| 过世 過世 | to die; to pass away | |
| 紧要 緊要 | critical; crucial; vital | |
| 去台 去臺 | to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 | |
| 热水澡 熱水澡 | hot bath or shower |