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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| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 靠不住 靠不住 | unreliable | Xiehouyu |
| 难受 難受 | to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear | Xiehouyu |
| 难过 難過 | to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 星星 星星 | (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 以色列 以色列 | Israel | Proper Noun |
| 黑水 黑水 | Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, northwest Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 哭墙 哭牆 | Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem) | Proper Noun |
| 东加 東加 | Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw) | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 斯 斯 | this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 华 華 | flowery; illustrious; Chinese | |
| 基 基 | foundation, base | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 年轻人 年輕人 | young people; youngster | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 想像 想像 | to imagine; to envision; imagination | |
| 天成 天成 | as if made by heaven | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 留给 留給 | to set aside for | |
| 令人 令人 | to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) | |
| 男孩 男孩 | boy | |
| 过夜 過夜 | to spend the night; overnight | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 苏 蘇 | used in | |
| 澳洲 澳洲 | Australia | |
| 海里 海里 | nautical mile | |
| 有份 有份 | to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 生孩子 生孩子 | to give birth to a baby | |
| 维 維 | maintain, preserve, safeguard | |
| 考完 考完 | to finish an exam | |
| 用得上 用得上 | needed; to come in useful | |
| 重生 重生 | to be reborn; rebirth | |
| 有成 有成 | (literary) to achieve success | |
| 将至 將至 | to be about to arrive; to be around the corner | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 留住 留住 | to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical) | |
| 去取 去取 | to accept or reject | |
| 信不过 信不過 | to distrust; to be suspicious |