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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| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 的哥 的哥 | male taxi driver; cabbie (slang) | |
| 热茶 熱茶 | hot tea | |
| 写字 寫字 | to write (by hand); to practice calligraphy | |
| 想想看 想想看 | to think about it | |
| 有电 有電 | electric (apparatus); electrified; having electricity supply (of a house) | |
| 机 機 | desk; machine; moment | |
| 前几天 前幾天 | a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days | |
| 不用找 不用找 | "keep the change" (restaurant expression) | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 外快 外快 | extra income | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | |
| 车行 車行 | car-related business; car dealership; taxi company; (commercial) garage | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 看不过去 看不過去 | cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 慢用 慢用 | same as | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 肏你妈 肏你媽 | fuck your mother (vulgar) | |
| 考上 考上 | to pass a university entrance exam | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 说到 說到 | to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for | |
| 过客 過客 | passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 爸妈 爸媽 | dad and mom | |
| 小包 小包 | packet | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 起家 起家 | to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with; to begin one's career by | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 最后一天 最後一天 | final day | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 什 什 | file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous | |
| 著 著 | manifest; (Cant.) to wear | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 一个半 一個半 | one and a half | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 包子 包子 | bao (steamed stuffed bun) | |
| 小学生 小學生 | primary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner | |
| 书包 書包 | schoolbag; satchel; bookbag | |
| 请假 請假 | to request leave of absence | |
| 下课 下課 | to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 下车 下車 | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |