Mahjong 1996
麻将
Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.
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Vocabulary
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| 他杀 他殺 | homicide (law) | |
| 辈子 輩子 | all one's life; lifetime | |
| 搞错 搞錯 | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken | |
| 扔掉 扔掉 | to throw away; to throw out | |
| 讲义气 講義氣 | to be loyal (to one's friends); to value loyalty | |
| 丧 喪 | mourning; mourn; funeral | |
| 正如 正如 | just as; precisely as | |
| 南北 南北 | north and south; north to south | |
| 繁荣 繁榮 | prosperous; booming (economy) | |
| 不停 不停 | incessant | |
| 共享 共享 | to share; to enjoy together | |
| 签字 簽字 | to sign (one's name); signature | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 逃跑 逃跑 | to flee from sth; to run away; to escape | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 强迫 強迫 | to compel; to force | |
| 挣 掙 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 骗子 騙子 | swindler; a cheat | |
| 动机 動機 | motive; motivation | |
| 脱离 脫離 | to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany) | |
| 一下子 一下子 | in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden | |
| 子弹 子彈 | bullet | |
| 忍不住 忍不住 | cannot help; unable to bear | |
| 悲剧 悲劇 | tragedy | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 浪漫 浪漫 | romantic | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 拥有 擁有 | to have; to possess |