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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| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 梦想 夢想 | (fig.) to dream of; dream | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 要死要活 要死要活 | terribly; awfully; desperately | Idiom |
| 春风得意 春風得意 | flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch | Idiom |
| 送死 送死 | to throw away one's life | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 亲嘴 親嘴 | to kiss (on the mouth) | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 艾 艾 | artemisia, mugwort; translit. | |
| 搬走 搬走 | to carry | |
| 步步 步步 | step by step; at every step | |
| 把门 把門 | to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate | |
| 拉皮条 拉皮條 | to procure; to act as pimp | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 安全感 安全感 | sense of security | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 短时间 短時間 | short term; short time | |
| 住所 住所 | habitation; dwelling place; residence | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 把风 把風 | to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout | |
| 转接 轉接 | (telephony etc) to switch; to connect; to transfer | |
| 来台 來台 | to come to Taiwan | |
| 管他 管他 | no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter | |
| 房租 房租 | rent for a room or house | |
| 电视剧 電視劇 | TV series; TV drama | |
| 相似 相似 | similar; alike | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 文明 文明 | civilized; civilization; culture | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to |