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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| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 先进 先進 | advanced (technology); to advance | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 打破 打破 | to break; to smash | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 课程 課程 | course; academic program | |
| 团结 團結 | to unite; unity; solidarity; united | |
| 公民 公民 | citizen | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 工厂 工廠 | factory | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 进步 進步 | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 资格 資格 | qualifications; seniority | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 电子 電子 | electronic; electron (particle physics) | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 时刻 時刻 | time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 经济 經濟 | economy; economic | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 值 值 | value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty | |
| 错误 錯誤 | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake | |
| 经验 經驗 | experience; to experience | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 市场 市場 | marketplace; market (also in abstract) | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor |