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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| 义气 義氣 | spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] | |
| 厝 厝 | cut or engrave; a grave or tombstone | |
| 給 給 | give; by, for | |
| 終 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 點 點 | dot, speck, spot; point, degree | |
| 關 關 | frontier pass; close; relation | |
| 講 講 | explain; discuss; talk | |
| 閉 閉 | shut, close; obstruct, block up | |
| 電 電 | electricity, electric; lightning | |
| 視 視 | look at, inspect, observe, see | |
| 種 種 | seed; race; offspring; to plant | |
| 鑲 鑲 | insert, inlay, set, mount; fill | |
| 還 還 | still, yet, also, besides | |
| 開 開 | open; initiate, begin, start | |
| 車 車 | cart, vehicle; carry in cart | |
| 議 議 | consult, talk over, discuss | |
| 間 間 | interval, space; place, between | |
| 調 調 | transfer, move, change; tune | |
| 請 請 | ask, request; invite; please | |
| 頂 頂 | top, peak; carry on head; very | |
| 處 處 | place, locale; department | |
| 勘 勘 | investigate; compare; collate | |
| 毛笔 毛筆 | writing brush | |
| 涨价 漲價 | to appreciate (in value); to increase in price | |
| 大都 大都 | Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing | |
| 不能不 不能不 | have to; cannot but | |
| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 上涨 上漲 | to rise; to go up | |
| 消毒 消毒 | to disinfect; to sterilize | |
| 猴 猴 | monkey | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 回收 回收 | to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product) | |
| 小偷 小偷 | thief | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 有力 有力 | powerful; forceful; vigorous | |
| 认定 認定 | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with | |
| 涨 漲 | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 暖 㬉 | warm; to warm | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 渴望 渴望 | to thirst for; to long for | |
| 污染 污染 | to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.) | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 餐厅 餐廳 | dining hall; dining room; restaurant | |
| 厅 廳 | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department | |
| 奖励 獎勵 | to reward; reward (as encouragement) | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 贷款 貸款 | a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) | |
| 玻璃 玻璃 | glass; (slang) male homosexual |