I Am Not Madame Bovary 2016
我不是潘金莲
Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.
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| 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 |
| 对头 對頭 | correct; normal; to be on good terms with; on the right track; right | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 弄走 弄走 | (coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 省长 省長 | governor of a province | Proper Noun |
| 黄山 黃山 | Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province | Proper Noun |
| 全市 全市 | whole city | Proper Noun |
| 全省 全省 | the whole province | Proper Noun |
| 全国人大 全國人大 | National People's Congress (NPC) | Proper Noun |
| 湖北 湖北 | Hubei Province, capital Wuhan | Proper Noun |
| 中南海 中南海 | Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council | Proper Noun |
| 武汉 武漢 | Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province | Proper Noun |
| 湖南 湖南 | Hunan Province, capital Changsha | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 如果说 如果說 | if; if one were to say | |
| 短信 短信 | text message; SMS | |
| 雪莲 雪蓮 | snow lotus herb; Saussurea involucrata | |
| 大头 大頭 | big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side | |
| 表姐 表姐 | older female cousin via female line | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 杀人 殺人 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 想通 想通 | to figure out; to realize; to become convinced; to come round (to an idea); to get over it | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 史 史 | history, chronicle, annals | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 市里 市裡 | li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 前夫 前夫 | former husband | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 层层 層層 | layer upon layer | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 没有关系 沒有關係 | it doesn't matter | |
| 表妹 表妹 | younger female cousin via female line | |
| 办好 辦好 | to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously | |
| 好办 好辦 | easy to do; easy to manage | |
| 头上 頭上 | overhead; above | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 油条 油條 | youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 出问题 出問題 | to have sth go wrong; to have a problem arise; to give problems | |
| 千里 千里 | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance |