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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| 清酒 清酒 | sake (Japanese rice wine) | |
| 猜拳 猜拳 | finger-guessing game; rock-paper-scissors game; morra | |
| 拳套 拳套 | boxing glove | |
| 发泡胶 發泡膠 | expanded polystyrene (EPS); styrofoam | |
| 四眼田鸡 四眼田雞 | four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses) | |
| 抛空 拋空 | to short-sell (finance) | |
| 邪门 邪門 | strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices | |
| 炒蛋 炒蛋 | scrambled eggs | |
| 化作 化作 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 斗嘴 鬥嘴 | to quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee | |
| 景气 景氣 | (of economy, business etc) flourishing; prosperous | |
| 海龟 海龜 | turtle; Internet slang for | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 同业 同業 | same trade or business; person in the same trade or business | |
| 主脑 主腦 | leader; the one in control; main (part, character etc) | |
| 贪心 貪心 | greedy | |
| 办公时间 辦公時間 | office hours | |
| 貌美如花 貌美如花 | (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom); beautiful | |
| 独个 獨個 | alone | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 化妆师 化妝師 | make-up artist; (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager | |
| 控制权 控制權 | control (as in "to win control") | |
| 淹死 淹死 | to drown | |
| 问长问短 問長問短 | 问: ask about, inquire after · 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 问: ask about, inquire after · 短: short; brief; deficient, lacking | |
| 大清早 大清早 | early in the morning | |
| 灵验 靈驗 | efficacious; effective; (of a prediction) accurate; correct | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 一程 一程 | a journey | |
| 鱼缸 魚缸 | fish tank; fishbowl; aquarium | |
| 脸孔 臉孔 | face | |
| 营业额 營業額 | sum or volume of business; turnover | |
| 税后 稅後 | after tax | |
| 纯利 純利 | net profit | |
| 账面 賬面 | an item in accounts; an entry | |
| 溢价 溢價 | premium; to charge or pay a premium | |
| 按揭 按揭 | a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese); to buy property on a mortgage | |
| 大侠 大俠 | knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero | |
| 田鸡 田雞 | frog; the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) | |
| 荒岛 荒島 | barren or uninhabited island | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 通缉犯 通緝犯 | wanted criminal; fugitive (from the law) | |
| 日久生情 日久生情 | familiarity breeds fondness (idiom) | |
| 心服口服 心服口服 | (idiom) to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over | |
| 伏击 伏擊 | ambush; to ambush | |
| 样貌 樣貌 | appearance; manifestation | |
| 拿主意 拿主意 | to make a decision; to make up one's mind | |
| 打斗 打鬥 | to fight | |
| 播音 播音 | to transmit; to broadcast | |
| 拳手 拳手 | boxer | |
| 搏击 搏擊 | to fight, esp. with hands; wrestling (as a sport); to wrestle; to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc); to capture prey |