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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| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 多事 多事 | meddlesome; eventful | Xiehouyu |
| 没关系 沒關係 | it doesn't matter | Xiehouyu |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 少来 少來 | refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it! | Colloquialism |
| 有本事 有本事 | to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever,..., if she's so tough,... etc; Example: Hit me if you dare! | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 有病 有病 | to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 南京 南京 | Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) | Proper Noun |
| 上海 上海 | Shanghai municipality | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 三月 三月 | March; third month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 大小姐 大小姐 | eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty |