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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| 故事 故事 | old practice | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 照片 照片 | photograph; picture | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 那样 那樣 | that kind; that sort | |
| 感谢 感謝 | (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks | |
| 装 裝 | adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 服务 服務 | to serve; service | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 交 交 | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 辆 輛 | classifier for vehicles | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 换 換 | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 也许 也許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 永远 永遠 | forever; eternal | |
| 影响 影響 | influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb | |
| 卖 賣 | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt | |
| 组 組 | to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries | |
| 方法 方法 | method; way; means | |
| 越 越 | generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 万 萬 | used in 俟 | |
| 离开 離開 | to depart; to leave | |
| 讲 講 | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 办法 辦法 | means; method; way (of doing sth) | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 努力 努力 | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious | |
| 当时 當時 | then; at that time; while | |
| 完成 完成 | to complete; to accomplish | |
| 能够 能夠 | to be capable of; to be able to; can | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 其中 其中 | among; in; included among these | |
| 接受 接受 | to accept; to receive | |
| 不同 不同 | different; distinct; not the same; not alike | |
| 只要 只要 | if only; so long as |