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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| 打印机 打印機 | printer | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 如一 如一 | consistent; the same; unvarying | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 日语 日語 | Japanese language | |
| 淹没 淹沒 | to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) | |
| 长远 長遠 | long-term; long-range | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 陪同 陪同 | to accompany | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 自在 自在 | comfortable; at ease | |
| 看作 看作 | to look upon as; to regard as | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 奇妙 奇妙 | fantastic; wonderful | |
| 烟花 煙花 | fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 开头 開頭 | beginning; to start | |
| 租金 租金 | rent | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 高档 高檔 | superior quality; high grade; top grade | |
| 懒 懶 | lazy | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 场地 場地 | space; site; place; sports pitch | |
| 窗口 窗口 | window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground | |
| 嘉宾 嘉賓 | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 重建 重建 | to rebuild; to reestablish; reconstruction; rebuilding | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 开通 開通 | to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service) | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 足以 足以 | sufficient to...; so much so that; so that | |
| 跌 跌 | to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 当成 當成 | to consider as; to take to be | |
| 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) | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 幻想 幻想 | delusion; fantasy | |
| 收藏 收藏 | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 夺 奪 | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 当作 當作 | to treat as; to regard as | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 民主 民主 | democracy | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order | |
| 提升 提升 | to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve | |
| 创意 創意 | creative; creativity | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip |