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.
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Vocabulary
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| 吸尘器 吸塵器 | vacuum cleaner; dust catcher | |
| 计程车 計程車 | (Tw) taxi; cab | |
| 闭嘴 閉嘴 | Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 | |
| 休 休 | do not, stop | |
| 剪头发 剪頭髮 | (to get a) haircut | |
| 播报 播報 | to announce; to read (the news) | |
| 咪 咪 | sound for calling a cat | |
| 抬起 抬起 | to lift up | |
| 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? | |
| 谭 譚 | surname | |
| 塑胶 塑膠 | synthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic | |
| 小鬼 小鬼 | little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp | |
| 凯 凱 | triumphant; triumph, victory | |
| 帐 帳 | tent; account | |
| 恼 惱 | annoyed | |
| 鱼翅 魚翅 | shark fin | |
| 管闲事 管閒事 | to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business | |
| 操行 操行 | (student's) behavior | |
| 晓 曉 | dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit | |
| 誓言 誓言 | to pledge; to promise; oath; vow | |
| 不可或缺 不可或缺 | necessary; must have | |
| 胡说八道 胡說八道 | to talk rubbish | |
| 搞错 搞錯 | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken | |
| 礼拜天 禮拜天 | Sunday | |
| 启事 啟事 | announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice | |
| 繁荣 繁榮 | prosperous; booming (economy) | |
| 咳 咳 | sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow | |
| 出差 出差 | to go on an official or business trip | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 终止 終止 | to stop; to terminate | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 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) | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 业务 業務 | business; professional work; service | |
| 违法 違法 | illegal; to break the law | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 缺乏 缺乏 | to lack; to be short of | |
| 玻璃 玻璃 | glass; (slang) male homosexual | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident |