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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| 全力 全力 | with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) | |
| 档 檔 | official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] | |
| 止 止 | to stop; to prohibit; until; only | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 全新 全新 | all new; completely new | |
| 餐 餐 | meal; to eat; classifier for meals | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 妇女 婦女 | woman | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 仪式 儀式 | ceremony | |
| 胸 胷 | chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 酷 酷 | ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool; hip | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 州 州 | prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 自我 自我 | self-; ego (psychology) | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 之类 之類 | and so on; and such | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 返璞归真 返璞歸真 | to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state | Idiom |
| 不知所措 不知所措 | not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss | Idiom |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 胡子 鬍子 | beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit | 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 |
| 靖 靖 | pacify; appease; calm, peaceful | |
| 锐 銳 | sharp, keen, acute, pointed | |
| 耀 耀 | shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory | |
| 龁 齕 | gnaw, bite, nibble | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 兮 兮 | exclamatory particle |