My Life as McDull 2001
麦兜故事
McDull is not the brightest kid on the block, but he continuously tries to do his best to please his mother. Still it seems he may not be destined for great things like she wishes, but McDull strives to try anyway.
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Vocabulary
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| 举世无双 舉世無雙 | unrivaled (idiom); world number one; unique; unequaled | Idiom |
| 风土人情 風土人情 | local conditions and customs (idiom) | Idiom |
| 顺理成章 順理成章 | logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text) | Idiom |
| 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | Idiom |
| 留神 留神 | to take care; to be careful | Xiehouyu |
| 渺小 渺小 | minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant | Xiehouyu |
| 向着 向著 | towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor | Colloquialism |
| 宰 宰 | to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) | Colloquialism |
| 卤味 滷味 | food prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices | |
| 师资 師資 | qualified teacher | |
| 农历 農曆 | the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar | |
| 学艺 學藝 | to learn a skill or art | |
| 改为 改為 | to change into | |
| 酒楼 酒樓 | restaurant | |
| 粽子 粽子 | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled | |
| 发扬光大 發揚光大 | to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development | |
| 赤道 赤道 | equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator | |
| 缤纷 繽紛 | vast and various; rich and diverse | |
| 启蒙 啟蒙 | to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty | |
| 抱负 抱負 | aspiration; ambition | |
| 绝技 絕技 | consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt | |
| 才干 才幹 | ability; competence | |
| 用功 用功 | diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort | |
| 交界 交界 | common boundary; common border | |
| 刺耳 刺耳 | ear-piercing | |
| 庄重 莊重 | grave; solemn; dignified | |
| 别致 別緻 | unusual; unique | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 强项 強項 | key strength; strong suit; specialty | |
| 偷懒 偷懶 | to goof off; to be lazy | |
| 蘸 蘸 | to dip in (ink, sauce etc) | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 孕育 孕育 | to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc) | |
| 缕 縷 | strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 奖牌 獎牌 | medal (awarded as a prize) | |
| 无缘 無緣 | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc | |
| 海面 海面 | sea level; sea surface | |
| 申办 申辦 | to apply for; to bid for | |
| 脑筋 腦筋 | brains; mind; head; way of thinking | |
| 热潮 熱潮 | upsurge; popular craze | |
| 胀 脹 | to swell; dropsical; swollen; bloated | |
| 天桥 天橋 | Tianqiao district of Jinan city 济南市, Shandong; Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture | |
| 光顾 光顧 | to visit (as a customer) | |
| 趁着 趁著 | while | |
| 浮现 浮現 | to appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..) | |
| 宝藏 寶藏 | precious mineral deposits; hidden treasure; (fig.) treasure; (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law | |
| 搓 搓 | to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist | |
| 反过来 反過來 | conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction | |
| 罐头 罐頭 | tin; can |