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.
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Vocabulary
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| 吸引 吸引 | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 土地 土地 | land; soil; territory | |
| 稳定 穩定 | steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify | |
| 数据 數據 | data | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 免费 免費 | free (of charge) | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 冲 沖 | thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash | |
| 期待 期待 | to look forward to; to await; expectation | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 机构 機構 | mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution | |
| 或许 或許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 于是 於是 | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 加入 加入 | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 团团转 團團轉 | to go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy | Idiom |
| 水性杨花 水性楊花 | fickle (woman) | Idiom |
| 没救 沒救 | hopeless; incurable | Xiehouyu |
| 不值得 不值得 | unworthy | Xiehouyu |