Ilo Ilo

Ilo Ilo 2013

爸妈不在家 bàmā bù zài jiā

During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.

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3.47 Beginner Director Anthony Chen 🍅 100%

Cast

Yeo Yann Yann Yeo Yann Yann Lim Hwee Leng Chen Tian Wen Chen Tian Wen Lim Beng Teck Angeli Bayani Angeli Bayani Teresa Koh Jia Ler Koh Jia Ler Lim Jiale Jo Kukathas Ms. Davie Peter Wee Discipline Master Naomi Toh Mrs. Ong Stephanie Kiong Teacher Jia Min Chantel Teo Teacher Zhi Fang Xu Teacher

Vocabulary

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保佑 保佑 bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
烦恼 煩惱 fán nǎo to be worried; to be distressed; worries HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
玫瑰 玫瑰 méi guī rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
行政 行政 xíng zhèng administration; (attributive) administrative; executive HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
崇洋媚外 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas Idiom ∼HSK 6
脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character Idiom ∼HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
阿公 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather ∼HSK 6
掰掰 掰掰 bāi bāi bye-bye (loanword) (Tw) ∼HSK 6
泡泡 泡泡 pào pao bubbles ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
储藏室 儲藏室 chǔ cáng shì storeroom ∼HSK 6
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
勒令 勒令 lè lìng to order; to force ∼HSK 6
脱衣服 脫衣服 tuō yī fú undress ∼HSK 6
拖地 拖地 tuō dì to mop the floor; (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground; full-length ∼HSK 6
计时工资 計時工資 jì shí gōng zī payment by the hour; time-rate wages (opposite: piece-rate wage) ∼HSK 6
煮饭 煮飯 zhǔ fàn to cook ∼HSK 6
征人 徵人 zhēng rén traveler (on a long journey); participant in an expedition; garrison soldier; new recruit ∼HSK 6
起薪 起薪 qǐ xīn starting salary ∼HSK 6
帮佣 幫傭 bāng yōng servant; domestic help ∼HSK 6
洋装 洋裝 yáng zhuāng Western-style dress ∼HSK 6
尖峰 尖峰 jiān fēng sharp peak (landform); (fig.) peak; spike ∼HSK 6
佣人 傭人 yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
家佣 家傭 jiā yōng domestic helper ∼HSK 6
炒饭 炒飯 chǎo fàn fried rice; (Tw) (slang) to have sex ∼HSK 6
炸鸡 炸雞 zhá jī fried chicken ∼HSK 6
签赌 簽賭 qiān dǔ to gamble ∼HSK 6
遣送 遣送 qiǎn sòng to send away; to deport; to repatriate ∼HSK 6
睁一只眼闭一只眼 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼 zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn to turn a blind eye ∼HSK 6
烟屁股 煙屁股 yān pì gu cigarette butt ∼HSK 6
金融危机 金融危機 jīn róng wēi jī financial crisis ∼HSK 6
背负 背負 bēi fù to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder ∼HSK 6