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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| 胆小鬼 膽小鬼 | coward | Xiehouyu |
| 巴不得 巴不得 | (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to | Xiehouyu |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 丢脸 丟臉 | to lose face; humiliation | Xiehouyu |
| 与众不同 與眾不同 | to stand out from the masses (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 占卜 占卜 | to divine | |
| 狼狈 狼狽 | in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.) | |
| 惊动 驚動 | to alarm; to startle; to disturb | |
| 粗鲁 粗魯 | coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 大笔 大筆 | Large | |
| 果真 果真 | really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... | |
| 帝国主义 帝國主義 | imperialism | |
| 皇宫 皇宮 | imperial palace | |
| 友善 友善 | friendly | |
| 动感 動感 | sense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic; vivid; lifelike | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 家教 家教 | family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor | |
| 发火 發火 | to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry | |
| 管辖 管轄 | to administer; to have jurisdiction (over) | |
| 秘诀 秘訣 | secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success) | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 匆匆 匆匆 | hurriedly | |
| 苍蝇 蒼蠅 | housefly | |
| 点子 點子 | spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer | |
| 贫穷 貧窮 | poor; impoverished | |
| 口水 口水 | saliva | |
| 中途 中途 | midway | |
| 兼职 兼職 | to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting | |
| 撒谎 撒謊 | to tell lies | |
| 救护车 救護車 | ambulance | |
| 奔驰 奔馳 | to run quickly; to speed; to gallop | |
| 厌倦 厭倦 | to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with | |
| 无耻 無恥 | without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless | |
| 连锁 連鎖 | to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc) | |
| 心目 心目 | mind | |
| 亲近 親近 | intimate; to get close to | |
| 丢掉 丟掉 | to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away | |
| 绳子 繩子 | cord; string; rope | |
| 可恶 可惡 | repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable | |
| 预言 預言 | to predict; prophecy | |
| 尽头 盡頭 | end; extremity; limit | |
| 雇 僱 | to employ; to hire; to rent | |
| 争吵 爭吵 | to quarrel; dispute | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel | |
| 抵押 抵押 | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral | |
| 勉强 勉強 | to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 隐瞒 隱瞞 | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth |