Lost in Beijing

Lost in Beijing 2007

苹果 píngguǒ

A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife.

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3.64 Beginner Director Li Yu 🍅 52%

Cast

Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing Liu Pingguo Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Lin Dong Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Elaine Jin Yan-Ling Wang Mei Tong Dawei Tong Dawei An Kun Chloe Maayan Chloe Maayan Xiao Mei Bao Zhenjiang Bao Zhenjiang Dr. Zhang Fang Li Fang Li Mr. Lin Dong Li-Fan Dong Li-Fan Massage Guest

Vocabulary

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天上人间 天上人間 tiān shàng rén jiān lit. heaven and the human world (idiom); fig. worlds apart; a vast difference; (also) a place of paradise Idiom ∼HSK 7
相依为命 相依為命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent Idiom HSK 7
多心 多心 duō xīn oversensitive; suspicious Xiehouyu HSK 7
活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
完蛋 完蛋 wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face Xiehouyu HSK 7
耗 耗 hào to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally Colloquialism HSK 7
宰 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) Colloquialism HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
譬如说 譬如說 pì rú shuō for example HSK 7
不利于 不利於 bù lìyú is harmful to HSK 7
何苦 何苦 hé kǔ why bother?; is it worth the trouble? HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
梳子 梳子 shū zi comb HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
机灵 機靈 jī ling clever; quick-witted HSK 7
瞧不起 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon; to hold in contempt HSK 7
捶 捶 chuí to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound HSK 7
锤子 錘子 chuí zi hammer HSK 7
顶多 頂多 dǐng duō at most; at best HSK 7
算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important) HSK 7
相当于 相當於 xiāng dāng yú equivalent to HSK 7
没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest HSK 7
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
凳子 凳子 dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
哑 啞 yǎ mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
胀 脹 zhàng to swell; dropsical; swollen; bloated HSK 7
恩怨 恩怨 ēn yuàn gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances HSK 7
遥控 遙控 yáo kòng to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control HSK 7
着眼 著眼 zhuó yǎn to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate HSK 7
冒充 冒充 mào chōng to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as HSK 7
领养 領養 lǐng yǎng to adopt (a child); adoption HSK 7
忽悠 忽悠 hū you to rock; to sway; to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water); to flutter (e.g. of a flag); to trick sb into doing sth; to dupe; to con HSK 7
懂事 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent HSK 7
管用 管用 guǎn yòng efficacious; useful HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
计较 計較 jì jiào to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem HSK 7
削 削 xiāo to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc) HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
嗓子 嗓子 sǎng zi throat; voice HSK 7
验 驗 yàn to examine; to test; to check HSK 7
蜡烛 蠟燭 là zhú candle HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7