Little Big Women 2020
孤味
A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.
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Vocabulary
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| 苦海无边 苦海無邊 | 苦: bitter; hardship, suffering · 海: sea, ocean; maritime · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 边: edge, margin, side, border | Idiom |
| 回头是岸 回頭是岸 | 回: return, turn around; a time · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that · 岸: bank, shore; beach, coast | Idiom |
| 朝夕相处 朝夕相處 | to spend all one's time together (idiom) | Idiom |
| 自由自在 自由自在 | free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely | Idiom |
| 措手不及 措手不及 | no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared | Idiom |
| 挖苦 挖苦 | to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wā ku] | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 丢脸 丟臉 | to lose face; humiliation | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 外公 外公 | (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 外婆 外婆 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 遗愿 遺願 | final wishes of the departed | |
| 伯父 伯父 | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man | |
| 吃苦 吃苦 | to bear hardships | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 芬芳 芬芳 | perfume; fragrant | |
| 爱惜 愛惜 | to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly | |
| 风浪 風浪 | wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship | |
| 气派 氣派 | impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 团圆 團圓 | to have a reunion | |
| 路途 路途 | (lit. and fig.) road; path | |
| 印章 印章 | seal; signet; chop; stamp | |
| 照常 照常 | as usual | |
| 去处 去處 | place; destination | |
| 记性 記性 | memory (ability to retain information) | |
| 断绝 斷絕 | to sever; to break off | |
| 鞠躬 鞠躬 | to bow; (literary) to bend down | |
| 无缘 無緣 | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc | |
| 叛逆 叛逆 | to rebel; to revolt; a rebel | |
| 执着 執著 | to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment | |
| 游览 遊覽 | to go sightseeing; to tour; to visit | |
| 航海 航海 | to sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage | |
| 四季 四季 | four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 | |
| 专程 專程 | specifically; specially (for that purpose) | |
| 女婿 女婿 | daughter's husband; son-in-law | |
| 风筝 風箏 | kite | |
| 怨恨 怨恨 | to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe; resentment; rancor | |
| 缘分 緣分 | fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny | |
| 恶性 惡性 | malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation) | |
| 急于 急於 | eager to; in a hurry to | |
| 太平 太平 | peace and security | |
| 来宾 來賓 | Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi | |
| 埋怨 埋怨 | to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame | |
| 尽早 儘早 | as early as possible | |
| 牵挂 牽掛 | to worry about; to be concerned about | |
| 金子 金子 | gold | |
| 墓地 墓地 | cemetery; graveyard | |
| 难堪 難堪 | hard to take; embarrassed |