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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| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 深刻 深刻 | profound; deep; deep-going | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 天台 天台 | Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗; Tiantai county in Taizhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 死海 死海 | the Dead Sea | Proper Noun |
| 犹太人 猶太人 | Jew | Proper Noun |
| 亨利 亨利 | Henry (name); henry (unit of inductance) | Proper Noun |
| 耶稣 耶穌 | Jesus | Proper Noun |
| 大城市 大城市 | major city; metropolis | Proper Noun |
| 哈尔滨 哈爾濱 | Harbin, sub-provincial city and capital of Heilongjiang Province | Proper Noun |
| 同性恋 同性戀 | homosexuality; gay person; gay love | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 直男 直男 | straight guy | |
| 复生 復生 | to be reborn; to recover; to come back to life; to regenerate | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 奇 奇 | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult | |
| 洛 洛 | river in Shanxi province; city | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 老土 老土 | old-fashioned; unstylish | |
| 瞑目 瞑目 | to close one's eyes; (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.) | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 死者 死者 | the dead; the deceased | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 沙 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated | |
| 千古 千古 | for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) | |
| 打压 打壓 | to suppress; to beat down | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 病痛 病痛 | slight illness; indisposition; ailment | |
| 救生员 救生員 | lifeguard | |
| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 般 般 | sort, manner, kind, category | |
| 千秋 千秋 | a thousand years; your birthday (honorific) | |
| 泳裤 泳褲 | swim trunks | |
| 藉 藉 | mat, pad; rely on; pretext | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 撮合 撮合 | to play matchmaker; to act as a middleman | |
| 双语 雙語 | bilingual | |
| 简 簡 | simple, terse, succinct, a letter | |
| 较大 較大 | comparatively large | |
| 性关系 性關係 | sexual relations; sexual contact; intercourse | |
| 好强 好強 | eager to be first | |
| 合璧 合璧 | to match harmoniously | |
| 般配 般配 | to be well matched; to suit | |
| 传教 傳教 | to preach; missionary; to evangelize | |
| 性行为 性行為 | sexual behavior | |
| 一般人 一般人 | average person |