Love on a Diet

Love on a Diet 2001

shòushēn nán

A depressed, obese woman tries to lose weight in order to win back her ex-boyfriend with the help of a fellow Hong Konger whom she met in Japan.

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3.86 Beginner Director Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai IMDb 6.5

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Vocabulary

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nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
zhuān specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
biǎo yǎn play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
zhuān jiā expert; specialist HSK 3
zhí de to be worth; to deserve HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
jié hūn to marry; to get married HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
xìng happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
suí to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3
rèn wu mission; assignment; task; duty; role HSK 3
dài biǎo representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of HSK 3
zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end HSK 3
xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
zhōng at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
cún zài to exist; to be; existence HSK 3
jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
zhěng whole; entire; total HSK 3
pāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) HSK 3
jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
měi each; every HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
shùn fēng to have a pleasant journey (idiom) Idiom HSK 2