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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| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 从来没有 從來沒有 | there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never | |
| 和好 和好 | to become reconciled; on good terms with each other | |
| 候 候 | wait; expect; visit; greet | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 在前 在前 | ahead; formerly; in the past | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 年事 年事 | years of age; age | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 有一次 有一次 | once; once upon a time | |
| 看不过 看不過 | cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer; cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer | |
| 有次 有次 | once; on one occasion | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 说到 說到 | to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for | |
| 第二天 第二天 | next day; the morrow | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 汉奸 漢奸 | traitor (to China) | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 五五 五五 | 50-50; equal (share, partnership etc) | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 放进 放進 | to put into | |
| 穿衣 穿衣 | to put on clothes; to get dressed | |
| 做工 做工 | to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship | |
| 三八 三八 | International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid | |
| 十九 十九 | nineteen; 19 | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 从影 從影 | to make movies; to be a movie actor (or actress) | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 几号 幾號 | (slang) heroin | |
| 后事 後事 | future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements | |
| 分子 分子 | (chemistry) molecule; (math) numerator of a fraction | |
| 不分 不分 | not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 第五 第五 | fifth | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 半月 半月 | half-moon; fortnight | |
| 想想看 想想看 | to think about it | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 这下 這下 | this time | |
| 国难 國難 | national calamity | |
| 大大小小 大大小小 | large and small; of all sizes | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 过客 過客 | passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner |