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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jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
měi each; every HSK 3
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
sài competition (sports etc); match; to compete HSK 3
shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
Xiāng gǎng rén Hong Kong person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Tài guó Thailand Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Niǔ yuē New York Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Italy Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
shí hou at that time HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
kàn shēng to visit a doctor ∼HSK 2
guò How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
绿 permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
used in ∼HSK 2
Ào zhōu Australia ∼HSK 2
yòng qi you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony ∼HSK 2
yǎn huā dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
suàn liǎo does not count for anything; of no account ∼HSK 2
bāo zài shēn shang leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
bái yǎn to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look ∼HSK 2
xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2