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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| 管制 管制 | to control; to restrict; (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) | |
| 深爱 深愛 | to love dearly | |
| 干活 幹活 | to work; to be employed | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 期指 期指 | futures index | |
| 经济学 經濟學 | economics (as a field of study) | |
| 饿死 餓死 | to starve to death; to be very hungry | |
| 亲口 親口 | one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally | |
| 澡 澡 | wash, bathe | |
| 无人 無人 | unmanned; uninhabited | |
| 食 食 | eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 | |
| 油烟 油煙 | soot; lampblack | |
| 花心 花心 | fickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) | |
| 合不来 合不來 | (of people) to be incompatible; to not get along; to be unable to see eye to eye | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 股权 股權 | equity shares; stock right | |
| 追上 追上 | to overtake | |
| 身世 身世 | one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 市值 市值 | market capitalization; market value | |
| 银行家 銀行家 | banker | |
| 压低 壓低 | to lower (one's voice) | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 乱跑 亂跑 | to run around all over the place | |
| 连手 連手 | concerted action; to collude (in dishonesty) | |
| 打赢 打贏 | to win; to beat (one's opponent) | |
| 强身健体 強身健體 | to keep fit and healthy | |
| 赶时间 趕時間 | to be in a hurry | |
| 争相 爭相 | to fall over each other in their eagerness to... | |
| 厂房 廠房 | a building used as a factory; factory (building) | |
| 放火 放火 | to set on fire; to commit arson; to create a disturbance | |
| 失 失 | lose; make mistake, neglect | |
| 再造 再造 | to give a new lease of life; to reconstruct; to reform; to rework; to recycle; to reproduce (copies, or offspring); restoration; restructuring | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 热水澡 熱水澡 | hot bath or shower | |
| 突然间 突然間 | suddenly | |
| 手指头 手指頭 | fingertip; finger | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 皮包 皮包 | handbag; briefcase | |
| 夜总会 夜總會 | nightclub; nightspot | |
| 果汁 果汁 | fruit juice | |
| 前后 前後 | around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear | |
| 美食 美食 | culinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 传来 傳來 | (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive | |
| 比例 比例 | proportion; scale | |
| 场所 場所 | location; place | |
| 吵架 吵架 | to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel | |
| 环保 環保 | environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护 | |
| 头脑 頭腦 | brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss |