Eighteen Springs 1997
半生缘
In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.
Vocabulary
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| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 吵架 吵架 | to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 可靠 可靠 | reliable | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 把握 把握 | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) | |
| 性格 性格 | nature; disposition; temperament; character | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 分别 分別 | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 工厂 工廠 | factory | |
| 啤酒 啤酒 | beer (loanword) | |
| 个性 個性 | individuality; personality | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 当中 當中 | among; in the middle; in the center | |
| 费用 費用 | cost; expenditure; expense | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 商业 商業 | business; trade; commerce | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 印象 印象 | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 初 初 | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 交流 交流 | to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb) | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 建 建 | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 周围 周圍 | environs; surroundings; periphery | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 |