Fly Me to Polaris 1999
星愿
A young man, blind and dumb, works as an audio tape typist in a hospital and fostering a tender and sincere relationship with a beautiful but introverted nurse. When hit by a car, he is the sixty billionth human being to die on earth, and is on transit to Polaris, en route to a yet more sophisticated form of existence in Vega. Given a reprieve of five days and a chance to be reunited with his love on earth, he cannot reveal his true identity behind the temporary facade he must present to her. Both boy and girl eventually learn, through a tangle of difficult and miraculous events, how love and good things always find ways of creeping into people's lives when people are not greedy and least expect these blessings.
Vocabulary
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| 视网膜 視網膜 | retina | |
| 脑膜炎 腦膜炎 | meningitis | |
| 并发症 併發症 | complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) | |
| 发薪 發薪 | to pay wages or salary | |
| 告一段落 告一段落 | to come to the end of a phase (idiom) | |
| 崇洋 崇洋 | to idolize foreign things | |
| 考砸 考砸 | to flunk; to fail a test | |
| 管弦乐团 管弦樂團 | orchestra | |
| 学识 學識 | erudition; scholarly knowledge | |
| 撇嘴 撇嘴 | to curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth | |
| 吃醋 吃醋 | to feel jealous | |
| 下贱 下賤 | humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible | |
| 顺口 順口 | to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food) | |
| 夜宵 夜宵 | midnight snack | |
| 呛到 嗆到 | to choke on (food etc); to swallow the wrong way | |
| 呱呱 呱呱 | (onom.) the crying of a baby; Taiwan pr. [wa1 wa1] | |
| 护肤 護膚 | skincare | |
| 产房 產房 | delivery room (in hospital); labor ward | |
| 八角形 八角形 | octagon | |
| 罐装 罐裝 | canned (food, coffee etc) | |
| 奉劝 奉勸 | may I offer a bit of advice | |
| 捐给 捐給 | to donate | |
| 癫痫发作 癲癇發作 | epileptic seizure | |
| 乌龙 烏龍 | black dragon; unexpected mistake or mishap; own goal (soccer); oolong (tea); (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon | |
| 胸襟 胸襟 | lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision | |
| 闭起 閉起 | to shut | |
| 苦衷 苦衷 | secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties | |
| 临走 臨走 | before leaving; on departure | |
| 溜走 溜走 | to slip away; to leave secretly | |
| 许愿 許願 | to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward | |
| 顽皮 頑皮 | naughty | |
| 宽阔 寬闊 | expansive; wide; width; thickness | |
| 长假 長假 | long vacation | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 看得见 看得見 | can see; visible | |
| 跳水 跳水 | to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 盲人 盲人 | blind person | |
| 拖鞋 拖鞋 | slippers; sandals; flip-flops | |
| 科研 科研 | (scientific) research | |
| 发病 發病 | (of an illness) to occur; (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill; onset (of a medical condition) | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 薪水 薪水 | salary; wage | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 过后 過後 | after the event | |
| 吸毒 吸毒 | to take drugs |