I Wish I Knew 2010
海上传奇
Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.
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Vocabulary
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| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | 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 |
| 上海 上海 | Shanghai municipality | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 南京路 南京路 | Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai | Proper Noun |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 九月 九月 | September; ninth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 浦东 浦東 | Pudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name | Proper Noun |
| 广东 廣東 | Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 德国 德國 | Germany | Proper Noun |
| 法国 法國 | France | Proper Noun |
| 共产党 共產黨 | Communist Party | Proper Noun |
| 汉口 漢口 | Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 中都 中都 | Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 四人帮 四人幫 | Gang of Four: Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, Wang Hongwen, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution | Proper Noun |
| 商水 商水 | Shangshui county in Zhoukou, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 三重 三重 | Sanchong, a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan; Mie Prefecture in central Japan | Proper Noun |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 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 | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 车子 車子 | car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 小菜 小菜 | appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 老早 老早 | a long time ago | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded |