July Rhapsody 2002
男人四十
Outwardly, Lam takes pride in his job teaching Chinese literature at an elite school and in his caring wife and two sons. But deep down, the forty-year-old wrestles with unfulfilled desires stoked by jealousy over his friends’ professional successes and the advances of a flirtatious student. The sudden return of his former mentor finally upsets this delicate balance, forcing Lam to unearth the long-hidden truth about who he is and gain a new perspective on how to live the rest of his life.
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Vocabulary
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| 个儿 個兒 | size; height; stature | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 乙 乙 | second of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 方, as opposed to 方); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105° | |
| 模范 模範 | model; fine example | |
| 打包 打包 | to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out; (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file) | |
| 拾 拾 | to ascend in light steps | |
| 不停 不停 | incessant | |
| 加以 加以 | in addition; moreover; (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | |
| 递 遞 | to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 展览 展覽 | to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show | |
| 签字 簽字 | to sign (one's name); signature | |
| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 紧紧 緊緊 | closely; tightly | |
| 众多 眾多 | numerous | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 伸 伸 | to stretch; to extend | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 暖 㬉 | warm; to warm | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 锅 鍋 | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing | |
| 助理 助理 | assistant | |
| 偶尔 偶爾 | occasionally; once in a while; sometimes | |
| 出于 出於 | due to; to stem from | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 画面 畫面 | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view | |
| 蛇 虵 | snake; serpent | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 化学 化學 | chemistry; chemical | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 随着 隨著 | along with; in the wake of; following | |
| 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) |