Peace Hotel 1995
和平饭店
After his wife's murder, Ping sets up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary for anyone who needs protecting. One day, a mysterious woman shows up who seeks shelter from a gang hunting her. Vowing to never turn anyone away, Ping must decide whether to help the women or risk confronting the gang.
Vocabulary
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| 大发慈悲 大發慈悲 | 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 发: issue, dispatch, send out; hair · 慈: kind, charitable, benevolent · 悲: sorrow, grief; sorry, sad | Idiom |
| 无情无义 無情無義 | completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless | Idiom |
| 走投无路 走投無路 | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate | Idiom |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 旗袍 旗袍 | Chinese-style dress; cheongsam | |
| 陪葬 陪葬 | to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) | |
| 耍赖 耍賴 | to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened | |
| 竹竿 竹竿 | bamboo; bamboo pole | |
| 出任 出任 | to take up a post; to start in a new job | |
| 国宝 國寶 | national treasure | |
| 凶恶 兇惡 | fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening | |
| 破例 破例 | to make an exception | |
| 情怀 情懷 | feelings; mood | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 本钱 本錢 | capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth) | |
| 一刹那 一剎那 | a moment; an instant; in a flash | |
| 仇人 仇人 | foe; one's personal enemy | |
| 过问 過問 | to show an interest in; to get involved with | |
| 架势 架勢 | attitude; position (on an issue etc) | |
| 管教 管教 | to discipline; to teach; to guarantee | |
| 谎话 謊話 | lie | |
| 阻拦 阻攔 | to stop; to obstruct | |
| 偷看 偷看 | to peep; to peek; to steal a glance | |
| 收留 收留 | to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care | |
| 寡妇 寡婦 | widow | |
| 谋生 謀生 | to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living | |
| 酗酒 酗酒 | heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 牢记 牢記 | to keep in mind; to remember | |
| 恩怨 恩怨 | gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances | |
| 过瘾 過癮 | to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying; immensely enjoyable; satisfying; fulfilling | |
| 缸 缸 | jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry | |
| 冒充 冒充 | to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as | |
| 假冒 假冒 | to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine) | |
| 出头 出頭 | to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than | |
| 埋怨 埋怨 | to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame | |
| 金子 金子 | gold | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 反省 反省 | to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul | |
| 古董 古董 | curio; antique | |
| 丙 丙 | third of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl | |
| 胆子 膽子 | courage; nerve; guts | |
| 好说 好說 | easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me | |
| 无穷 無窮 | endless; boundless; inexhaustible | |
| 发财 發財 | to get rich | |
| 招牌 招牌 | signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business | |
| 得罪 得罪 | to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 罪 | |
| 铲 剷 | to level off; to root up | |
| 生前 生前 | (of a deceased) during one's life; while living |