Daughter of the Nile 1987
尼罗河女儿
Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
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Vocabulary
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| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 成绩 成績 | achievement; performance records; grades | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 办公室 辦公室 | office; business premises; bureau | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 广告 廣告 | to advertise; a commercial; advertisement | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 晚安 晚安 | Good night!; Good evening! | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 节目 節目 | program; item (on a program) | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 重新 重新 | again; once more; re- | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 新闻 新聞 | news | |
| 一般 一般 | same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general |