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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| 原先 原先 | originally; original; former | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 中断 中斷 | to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 灰色 灰色 | gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous | |
| 西装 西裝 | suit; Western-style clothes | |
| 饼干 餅乾 | biscuit; cracker; cookie | |
| 证书 證書 | credentials; certificate | |
| 盒子 盒子 | box; case | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 从中 從中 | from within; therefrom | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 摄影师 攝影師 | photographer; cameraman | |
| 势力 勢力 | power; influence; a force (military, political etc) | |
| 犹豫 猶豫 | to hesitate | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 光荣 光榮 | honor and glory; glorious | |
| 钢琴 鋼琴 | piano | |
| 闯 闖 | to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 自豪 自豪 | proud (of one's achievements etc) | |
| 尊敬 尊敬 | to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) | |
| 卧室 臥室 | bedroom | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 握 握 | to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful | |
| 剧本 劇本 | script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario | |
| 伸 伸 | to stretch; to extend | |
| 一下子 一下子 | in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 贸易 貿易 | (commercial) trade | |
| 涨 漲 | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 群众 群眾 | mass; multitude; the masses | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 买卖 買賣 | buying and selling; business; business transactions | |
| 指示 指示 | to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 解放 解放 | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 出版 出版 | to publish | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short |