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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| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 阿里山 阿里山 | Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 把儿 把兒 | a handle | |
| 相会 相會 | to meet together | |
| 离境 離境 | to leave a country (or place) | |
| 境 境 | boundary, frontier; area, region | |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 婉约 婉約 | graceful and subdued (style) | |
| 小调 小調 | xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre; minor key (in music) | |
| 带动 帶動 | to spur; to provide impetus; to drive | |
| 本领 本領 | skill; ability; capability | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 面条 麵條 | noodles | |
| 搬家 搬家 | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) | |
| 歌声 歌聲 | singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 亲人 親人 | one's close relatives | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 演唱 演唱 | sung performance; to sing for an audience | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 访问 訪問 | to visit; to call on; to interview | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 国内 國內 | domestic; internal (to a country); civil | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 建 建 | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 演 演 | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared |