Last Train Home 2009
归途列车
A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 130 million other peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.
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Vocabulary
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| 不动 不動 | motionless | Xiehouyu |
| 多谢 多謝 | many thanks; thanks a lot | Xiehouyu |
| 慢慢来 慢慢來 | take your time; take it easy | Xiehouyu |
| 比不上 比不上 | can't compare with | Xiehouyu |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield | Xiehouyu |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 就晚了 就晚了 | then it's too late (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 东莞 東莞 | Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 上都 上都 | Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) | Proper Noun |
| 广州 廣州 | Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 姚明 姚明 | Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 | Proper Noun |
| 说真的 說真的 | to tell the truth; honestly; in fact | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 第五 第五 | fifth | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 其它 其它 | (adjective) other | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 买票 買票 | to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) | |
| 到时 到時 | at that (future) time | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount |