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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| 促进 促進 | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost | |
| 纪律 紀律 | discipline | |
| 抽烟 抽煙 | to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 楼梯 樓梯 | stair; staircase | |
| 胸部 胸部 | chest; bosom | |
| 说服 說服 | to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú] | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 失业 失業 | unemployment; to lose one's job | |
| 说不定 說不定 | can't say for sure; maybe | |
| 破产 破產 | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy | |
| 扫 掃 | broom | |
| 多次 多次 | many times; repeatedly | |
| 阿姨 阿姨 | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) | |
| 不在乎 不在乎 | not to care | |
| 风景 風景 | scenery; landscape | |
| 投诉 投訴 | complaint; to complain; to register a complaint (esp. as a customer) | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 临时 臨時 | as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 湿 濕 | moist; wet | |
| 面临 面臨 | to face sth; to be confronted with | |
| 吸 吸 | to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 奖 獎 | prize; award; encouragement | |
| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 号码 號碼 | number | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 宝宝 寶寶 | darling; baby | |
| 在于 在於 | to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 产品 產品 | goods; merchandise; product | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 空间 空間 | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 地址 地址 | address | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical |