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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| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 幸福 幸福 | happiness; happy; blessed | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 台 檯 | desk; table; counter | |
| 线 線 | thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) | |
| 人员 人員 | staff; crew; personnel | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 成功 成功 | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 完事 完事 | to be finished (with sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 新加坡 新加坡 | Singapore | Proper Noun |
| 菲律宾 菲律賓 | the Philippines | Proper Noun |
| 贵姓 貴姓 | what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? | Proper Noun |
| 周璇 周璇 | Zhou Xuan (1918-1957), Chinese singer and film actress | Proper Noun |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname |