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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| 左拥右抱 左擁右抱 | 左: left; east; unorthodox, improper · 拥: embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd · 右: right; west; right-wing · 抱: embrace, hold in arms, enfold | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 吹牛 吹牛 | to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect) | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 外婆 外婆 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 夸张 誇張 | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 旗袍 旗袍 | Chinese-style dress; cheongsam | |
| 碍事 礙事 | to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter | |
| 公安局 公安局 | public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) | |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 亏本 虧本 | to make a loss | |
| 要强 要強 | eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded | |
| 骨气 骨氣 | unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone | |
| 占卜 占卜 | to divine | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 凑巧 湊巧 | fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it | |
| 豆浆 豆漿 | soy milk | |
| 高龄 高齡 | elderly | |
| 寓意 寓意 | moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meaning | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 新潮 新潮 | modern; fashionable | |
| 忧愁 憂愁 | to be worried | |
| 应酬 應酬 | to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement | |
| 交情 交情 | friendship; friendly relations | |
| 教养 教養 | to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture | |
| 定做 定做 | to have something made to order | |
| 强项 強項 | key strength; strong suit; specialty | |
| 得体 得體 | appropriate to the occasion; fitting | |
| 知足 知足 | content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness) | |
| 夏令营 夏令營 | summer camp | |
| 私自 私自 | private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval | |
| 镶 鑲 | to inlay; to embed; ridge; border | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 妖怪 妖怪 | monster; devil | |
| 流量 流量 | flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge; data traffic; network traffic; website traffic; mobile data | |
| 绽放 綻放 | to blossom | |
| 好歹 好歹 | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever | |
| 鼻涕 鼻涕 | nasal mucus; snivel; snot | |
| 执照 執照 | license; permit | |
| 秤 秤 | steelyard; Roman balance | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 恨不得 恨不得 | wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 聘 聘 | to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman) | |
| 不宜 不宜 | not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate |