Gorgeous 1999
玻璃樽
When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.
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Vocabulary
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| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 底 底 | background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 局 侷 | narrow | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | 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 |
| 台湾话 台灣話 | Taiwanese Hokkien | Proper Noun |
| 中环 中環 | Central, Hong Kong Island | Proper Noun |
| 村子 村子 | village | Proper Noun |
| 红酒 紅酒 | red wine | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 难民 難民 | refugee | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 世事 世事 | affairs of life; things of the world | |
| 安全感 安全感 | sense of security | |
| 嚣张 囂張 | rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive | |
| 士 士 | scholar, gentleman; soldier | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 有兴趣 有興趣 | interested; interesting | |
| 裤 褲 | trousers, pants | |
| 有些人 有些人 | some people | |
| 好胜 好勝 | eager to win; competitive; aggressive | |
| 化工 化工 | chemical industry; chemical engineering | |
| 下一步 下一步 | the next step | |
| 打伤 打傷 | to injure; to wound; to damage | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death |