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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| 平常 平常 | ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily | |
| 笑话 笑話 | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 校长 校長 | (college, university) president; headmaster | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 云 云 | (classical) to say | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 全体 全體 | all; entire | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 不久 不久 | not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 出租车 出租車 | taxi; (Tw) rental car | |
| 教师 教師 | teacher | |
| 小说 小說 | novel; fiction | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 角 角 | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) | |
| 单位 單位 | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) | |
| 同事 同事 | colleague; co-worker | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 红色 紅色 | red (color); revolutionary | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 合适 合適 | suitable; fitting; appropriate | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 空气 空氣 | air; atmosphere | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 千 千 | thousand |