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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| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 任何 任何 | any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 比赛 比賽 | competition (sports etc); match; to compete | |
| 世界 世界 | world | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 假的 假的 | bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony | Xiehouyu |
| 玩完 玩完 | (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust | Xiehouyu |
| 难看 難看 | ugly; unsightly | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 星星 星星 | (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 越南 越南 | Vietnam | Proper Noun |
| 天长 天長 | Tianchang, a sub-prefecture-level city in Anhui | Proper Noun |
| 他信 他信 | Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 那时候 那時候 | at that time | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 华 華 | flowery; illustrious; Chinese | |
| 黑帮 黑幫 | bunch of gangsters; criminal gang; organized crime syndicate | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 流星 流星 | meteor; shooting star; meteor hammer | |
| 头子 頭子 | boss; gang leader | |
| 海豚 海豚 | dolphin | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 女孩子 女孩子 | girl | |
| 生蚝 生蠔 | raw oyster | |
| 尼 尼 | Buddhist nun; transliteration | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 海里 海里 | nautical mile | |
| 收市 收市 | to close the market (for the day); to close (a market, shop etc) for business | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? |