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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| 忍不住 忍不住 | cannot help; unable to bear | |
| 宿舍 宿舍 | dormitory; dorm room; living quarters; hostel | |
| 起码 起碼 | at the minimum; at the very least | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 按摩 按摩 | massage; to massage | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 赔偿 賠償 | to compensate | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 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° | |
| 珍惜 珍惜 | to treasure; to value; to cherish | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 鼻子 鼻子 | nose | |
| 耳朵 耳朵 | ear; handle (on a cup) | |
| 靠近 靠近 | to be close to; to approach; to draw near | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 活力 活力 | energy; vitality; vigor; vital force | |
| 餐厅 餐廳 | dining hall; dining room; restaurant | |
| 环节 環節 | (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc | |
| 胃 胃 | stomach | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 详细 詳細 | detailed; in detail; minute | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 锁 鎖 | to lock; to lock up; a lock | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 证实 證實 | to confirm (sth to be true); to verify | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 或是 或是 | or; either one or the other | |
| 醉 醉 | intoxicated | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 说法 說法 | to expound Buddhist teachings | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 人士 人士 | person; figure; public figure | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 回忆 回憶 | to recall; memories | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper |