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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tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
xìng woman; the female sex HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
guàn jūn champion HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
zi (coll.) to have diarrhea Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Táng shān Tangshan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province; China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zuǒ zuǒ Sasaki (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bèi duō fēn Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
ěr Bill (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Gài Gates (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns; emperor; emperor of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Niú láng Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女; Altair (star) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
zǎo ān Good morning! ∼HSK 4
rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
gān to wipe dry ∼HSK 4
zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
Suǒ large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated ∼HSK 4
bīng shān jiǎo tip of the iceberg ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
dāo cutting tool ∼HSK 4
qióng guāng dàn poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond ∼HSK 4
cái guài it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) ∼HSK 4
調 shī diào out of tune (music) ∼HSK 4
wéi yǒu only ∼HSK 4
belly ∼HSK 4
shī sàn to lose touch with; missing; scattered; separated from ∼HSK 4
chí spoon; surname ∼HSK 4
sàn huì to disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished ∼HSK 4
jiǎo soles of the feet ∼HSK 4
zhuān zhì (of medicine) to use specifically for the treatment of ∼HSK 4
zhèng disease, illness, ailment ∼HSK 4
láng young woman; maiden; girl ∼HSK 4