Finding Mr. Right 2013
北京遇上西雅图
When Jiajia, a young woman in Beijing who lives a luxurious life provided by her wealthy boyfriend, gets pregnant, she goes to the United States, hoping that the baby will be born an American citizen. There she meets Frank who offers help and makes her think twice about who her Mr. Right really is.
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Vocabulary
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| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 四次 四次 | fourth; four times; quartic | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 八十 八十 | eighty; 80 | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 一来 一來 | firstly,... | |
| 站起来 站起來 | to stand up | |
| 韭菜 韭菜 | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 太过 太過 | excessively; too | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 送客 送客 | to see a visitor out | |
| 三八 三八 | International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 老狐狸 老狐狸 | old fox; fig. cunning person | |
| 一说 一說 | an expression of opinion; according to some | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 躯干 軀幹 | trunk; torso | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time | |
| 做不到 做不到 | impossible | |
| 写本 寫本 | handwritten copy of a book | |
| 出钱 出錢 | to pay | |
| 关门 關門 | to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 多用 多用 | multipurpose; having several uses | |
| 对家 對家 | partner (in four person game); family of proposed marriage partner | |
| 差点 差點 | almost; nearly | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 三次 三次 | third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 看在 看在 | (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... | |
| 在地下 在地下 | underground | |
| 累坏 累壞 | to become exhausted | |
| 看一看 看一看 | to have a look | |
| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 上回 上回 | last time; the previous time | |
| 后跟 後跟 | heel (part of a foot); heel (of a sock); counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel); followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") | |
| 天冷 天冷 | it's cold (weather) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 做手 做手 | to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer |