Hot Summer Days 2010
全城热恋
In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. There's chaffeur Wah who tries to woo foot masseur Li Yan via text messages, air conditioner repairman Ah Wai interested in biker girl Ding Dong, a master sushi chef who spurns the love of writer Wasabi, country hick Da Fu who tries to impress teddy bear factory worker Xiao Qi Angela Baby by standing out in the hot noon sun for 100 days, & photographer Leslie Guan & assistant attempting to track down a woman who they believed cursed the photographer into blindness ...
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 大福 大福 | a great blessing; daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") | |
| 生日快乐 生日快樂 | Happy birthday | |
| 雪糕 雪糕 | ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle | |
| 追上 追上 | to overtake | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 耶 耶 | used in transliteration | |
| 全球性 全球性 | global; worldwide | |
| 耳 耳 | ear; merely, only; handle | |
| 合当 合當 | must; should | |
| 牛肉 牛肉 | beef | |
| 双层 雙層 | double tier; double decker | |
| 澡 澡 | wash, bathe | |
| 饭团 飯糰 | rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings); onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball) | |
| 试饮 試飲 | to taste (wine etc) | |
| 现时 現時 | current | |
| 室外 室外 | outdoor | |
| 大叔 大叔 | eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 乐团 樂團 | band; orchestra | |
| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 迷药 迷藥 | knockout drops; incapacitating agent; Mickey Finn | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 家传 家傳 | handed down in a family; family traditions | |
| 上班时间 上班時間 | working hours; office hours | |
| 有兴趣 有興趣 | interested; interesting | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 赶时间 趕時間 | to be in a hurry | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 未能 未能 | cannot; to fail to; unable to | |
| 开刀 開刀 | (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 追回 追回 | to recover (sth lost or stolen); to get back | |
| 收音机 收音機 | radio | |
| 节约 節約 | to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal | |
| 动人 動人 | touching; moving | |
| 牌子 牌子 | sign; trademark; brand | |
| 空调 空調 | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) | |
| 创新 創新 | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation | |
| 亲人 親人 | one's close relatives | |
| 头脑 頭腦 | brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss | |
| 克服 克服 | (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure | |
| 乐观 樂觀 | optimistic; hopeful | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 游泳 游泳 | swimming; to swim | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 手指 手指 | finger |