In the Mood for Love 2000
花样年华
In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
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Vocabulary
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| 稿费 稿費 | author's remuneration | |
| 馄饨 餛飩 | wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] | |
| 同屋 同屋 | roommate; to share a room | |
| 公干 公幹 | public business; official work | |
| 搓麻将 搓麻將 | to play mahjong | |
| 搭伴 搭伴 | travel with another; accompany another | |
| 剧终 劇終 | The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) | |
| 家常 家常 | the daily life of a family | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 晾 晾 | to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 多半 多半 | most; mostly; most likely | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 往来 往來 | dealings; contacts; to go back and forth | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 名誉 名譽 | fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor) | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 出场 出場 | (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 刮 刮 | to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 挖 挖 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 啥 啥 | dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 马马虎虎 馬馬虎虎 | careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair | Idiom |
| 迟了 遲了 | late | Xiehouyu |
| 直肠子 直腸子 | (coll.) forthright person | Xiehouyu |
| 礼拜 禮拜 | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday | Colloquialism |
| 慌 慌 | to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |