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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| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 打扮 打扮 | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 消除 消除 | to eliminate; to remove | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 用于 用於 | to use in; to use on; to use for | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 胃 胃 | stomach | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 锁 鎖 | to lock; to lock up; a lock | |
| 瘦 瘦 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | |
| 恋爱 戀愛 | (romantic) love; in love; to have an affair | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 道德 道德 | virtue; morality; ethics | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 好运 好運 | good luck | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem |