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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| 坐 坐 | surname Zuo | |
| 学校 學校 | school | |
| 穿 穿 | to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread | |
| 喝 喝 | to shout | |
| 正在 正在 | just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) | |
| 玩 玩 | to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment | |
| 路 路 | road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind | |
| 别人 別人 | other people; others; other person | |
| 帮 幫 | to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society | |
| 女人 女人 | woman | |
| 送 送 | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with | |
| 电话 電話 | telephone; phone call; phone number | |
| 您 您 | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) | |
| 写 寫 | to write | |
| 进 進 | to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound | |
| 准备 準備 | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | |
| 先 先 | early; prior; former; in advance; first | |
| 正 正 | first month of the lunar year | |
| 拿 㧱 | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | |
| 朋友 朋友 | friend | |
| 放 放 | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) | |
| 行 行 | row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column | |
| 岁 歲 | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) | |
| 最后 最後 | final; last; finally; ultimate | |
| 出来 出來 | to come out; to appear; to arise | |
| 告诉 告訴 | to press charges; to file a complaint | |
| 买 買 | to buy; to purchase | |
| 一样 一樣 | same; like; equal to; the same as; just like | |
| 三 三 | three; 3 | |
| 东西 東西 | east and west | |
| 钱 錢 | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 | |
| 请 請 | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request | |
| 别 別 | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) | |
| 这里 這裡 | here | |
| 叫 叫 | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | |
| 开 開 | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format | |
| 非常 非常 | very; really; unusual; extraordinary | |
| 听 听 | smile (archaic) | |
| 手 手 | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill | |
| 找到 找到 | to find | |
| 一些 一些 | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er | |
| 车 車 | car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159 | |
| 几 几 | small table | |
| 见 見 | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view | |
| 起 起 | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group | |
| 起来 起來 | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] | |
| 一起 一起 | in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) | |
| 月 月 | moon; month; monthly | |
| 还是 還是 | still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or | |
| 今天 今天 | today; at the present; now |