Lost in Beijing 2007
苹果
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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Vocabulary
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| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 远走高飞 遠走高飛 | to go far; to escape to faraway places | Idiom |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乹 | (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield | Xiehouyu |
| 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 |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 有病 有病 | to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 打的 打的 | (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi | Colloquialism |
| 哥们 哥們 | Brothers!; brethren; dude (colloquial); brother (diminutive form of address between males) | 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 |
| 法国 法國 | France | Proper Noun |
| 人行 人行 | People's Bank of China | Proper Noun |
| 哪知道 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 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 | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 要钱 要錢 | to charge; to demand payment | |
| 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 | |
| 小妹 小妹 | little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 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 |