Ilo Ilo 2013
爸妈不在家
During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 做生意 做生意 | to do business | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 休假 休假 | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave | |
| 英文 英文 | English (language) | |
| 护照 護照 | passport | |
| 坏人 壞人 | bad person; villain | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 教室 教室 | classroom | |
| 平等 平等 | equal; equality | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 全家 全家 | whole family | |
| 椅子 椅子 | chair | |
| 住院 住院 | to be in hospital; to be hospitalized | |
| 一部分 一部分 | portion; part of; subset | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 相机 相機 | camera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow | |
| 校长 校長 | (college, university) president; headmaster | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 停车 停車 | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall | |
| 以外 以外 | apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond | |
| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 早餐 早餐 | breakfast | |
| 广场 廣場 | public square; plaza | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 家长 家長 | head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 同事 同事 | colleague; co-worker | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 语言 語言 | language | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 司机 司機 | chauffeur; driver | |
| 味道 味道 | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 蓝 藍 | blue; indigo plant | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over |