Old Fox 2023
老狐狸
Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.
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Vocabulary
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| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 十一月 十一月 | November; eleventh month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 十月 十月 | October; tenth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 十二月 十二月 | December; twelfth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 老狐狸 老狐狸 | old fox; fig. cunning person | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 少校 少校 | junior ranking officer in Chinese army; major; lieutenant commander | |
| 耙子 耙子 | a rake | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 不忙 不忙 | there's no hurry; take one's time | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 住家 住家 | residence; household; to reside | |
| 点大 點大 | (of a child etc) small as a mite; minuscule | |
| 玩笑 玩笑 | to joke; joke; jest | |
| 想开 想開 | to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on | |
| 洗手 洗手 | to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet | |
| 上桌 上桌 | to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table) | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 兴 興 | thrive, prosper, flourish | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) |