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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| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 因为 因為 | because; owing to; on account of | |
| 如果 如果 | if; in case; in the event that | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 已经 已經 | already | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 得 得 | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 不动 不動 | motionless | Xiehouyu |
| 大不了 大不了 | at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming | Xiehouyu |
| 好听 好聽 | pleasant to hear | Xiehouyu |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 打的 打的 | (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 国语 國語 | Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 好莱坞 好萊塢 | Hollywood; also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1] | Proper Noun |
| 百里 百里 | two-character surname Baili | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 午 午 | noon; 7th terrestrial branch | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler |