Permanent Residence 2009
永久居留
The life story of a young man who has been pursuing an impossible love with his straight boyfriend and contemplating on the mortality of his loved ones.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 无奈 無奈 | to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately | |
| 题材 題材 | subject matter | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 周期 週期 | period; cycle | |
| 进化 進化 | evolution | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 启发 啟發 | to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 咳 咳 | sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 岸 㟁 | bank; shore; beach; coast | |
| 回避 迴避 | to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 发觉 發覺 | to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive | |
| 示范 示範 | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth; demonstration; a model example | |
| 偶然 偶然 | incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly | |
| 一流 一流 | top quality; front ranking | |
| 自豪 自豪 | proud (of one's achievements etc) | |
| 肩 肩 | shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc) | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 挣 掙 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 兔 兎 | rabbit | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 暖 㬉 | warm; to warm | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 分离 分離 | to separate | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 软件 軟件 | (computer) software | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 空中 空中 | in the sky; in the air | |
| 靠近 靠近 | to be close to; to approach; to draw near | |
| 用来 用來 | to be used for | |
| 艰难 艱難 | difficult; hard; challenging | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 敏感 敏感 | sensitive; susceptible | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 偶像 偶像 | idol | |
| 签名 簽名 | to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 餐厅 餐廳 | dining hall; dining room; restaurant | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) |