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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| 念念不忘 念念不忘 | to keep in mind constantly (idiom) | Idiom |
| 一无所有 一無所有 | not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together | Idiom |
| 无可奈何 無可奈何 | have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈 | Xiehouyu |
| 空虚 空虛 | hollow; emptiness; meaningless | Xiehouyu |
| 着手 著手 | to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 外婆 外婆 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 杨树 楊樹 | poplar tree; various trees of genus Populus | |
| 联欢 聯歡 | to have a get-together; celebration; party | |
| 改为 改為 | to change into | |
| 搀 攙 | to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate | |
| 公安局 公安局 | public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) | |
| 粽子 粽子 | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled | |
| 味精 味精 | monosodium glutamate (MSG) | |
| 要领 要領 | main aspects; essentials; gist | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 一系列 一系列 | a series of; a string of | |
| 甚至于 甚至於 | so much (that); even (to the extent that) | |
| 不了了之 不了了之 | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite | |
| 较劲 較勁 | to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort | |
| 柿子 柿子 | persimmon | |
| 吉普 吉普 | Jeep (car brand) | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 晚年 晚年 | one's later years | |
| 筐 筐 | basket | |
| 捧场 捧場 | to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter | |
| 连夜 連夜 | that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 闹事 鬧事 | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance | |
| 纺织 紡織 | spinning and weaving | |
| 格局 格局 | structure; pattern; layout | |
| 剧团 劇團 | theatrical troupe | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 譬如 譬如 | for example; for instance; such as | |
| 废品 廢品 | production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material | |
| 退学 退學 | to quit school | |
| 帝国主义 帝國主義 | imperialism | |
| 投身 投身 | to throw oneself into sth | |
| 交涉 交涉 | to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with) | |
| 复兴 復興 | Fuxing district of Handan city 邯郸市, Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan | |
| 受贿 受賄 | to accept a bribe | |
| 特制 特製 | special; unique | |
| 颠倒 顛倒 | to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy | |
| 灭亡 滅亡 | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate | |
| 密集 密集 | concentrated; crowded together; intensive; compressed | |
| 赶往 趕往 | to hurry to (somewhere) | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 城墙 城牆 | city wall |