Lost in Beijing

Lost in Beijing 2007

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%

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Vocabulary

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tiān shàng rén jiān 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 间: midpoint, space; place, locality Idiom ∼HSK 7
xiāng wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent Idiom HSK 7
duō xīn oversensitive; suspicious Xiehouyu HSK 7
huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
diū rén to lose face Xiehouyu HSK 7
hào to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally Colloquialism HSK 7
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
wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
shuō for example HSK 7
is harmful to HSK 7
why bother?; is it worth the trouble? HSK 7
chū to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
shū zi comb HSK 7
Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
ling clever; quick-witted HSK 7
qiáo to look down upon; to hold in contempt HSK 7
chuí to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound HSK 7
chuí zi hammer HSK 7
dǐng duō at most; at best HSK 7
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
xiāng dāng equivalent to HSK 7
méi jìn to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest HSK 7
duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud HSK 7
bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
zhàng to swell; dropsical; swollen; bloated HSK 7
ēn yuàn gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances HSK 7
yáo kòng to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control HSK 7
zhuó yǎn to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate HSK 7
mào chōng to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as HSK 7
lǐng yǎng to adopt (a child); adoption HSK 7
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
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
guǎn yòng efficacious; useful HSK 7
shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) HSK 7
róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
jiào to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem HSK 7
xiāo to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc) HSK 7
fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
sǎng zi throat; voice HSK 7
yàn to examine; to test; to check HSK 7
zhú candle HSK 7
chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7