Goodbye South, Goodbye 1996
南国再见，南国
In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.
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Vocabulary
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| 号码 號碼 | number | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 色 色 | color; look; appearance; sex | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 投资 投資 | investment; to invest | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 强人所难 強人所難 | to force someone to do something | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 沈阳 瀋陽 | Shenyang, sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Province | Proper Noun |
| 星期五 星期五 | Friday | Proper Noun |
| 画图 畫圖 | to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city) | Proper Noun |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 夜生活 夜生活 | night life | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 真香 真香 | awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 赌场 賭場 | casino | |
| 舒 舒 | open up, unfold, stretch out; comfortable, easy | |
| 世间 世間 | world; earth | |
| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: | |
| 有些人 有些人 | some people | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 破的 破的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 程 程 | journey, trip; schedule, agenda | |
| 拉关系 拉關係 | to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb | |
| 简 簡 | simple, terse, succinct, a letter | |
| 房东 房東 | landlord | |
| 搬家 搬家 | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) | |
| 可乐 可樂 | amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola | |
| 价钱 價錢 | price | |
| 南部 南部 | southern part | |
| 有利 有利 | advantageous; favorable | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) |