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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| 西门 西門 | two-character surname Ximen | Proper Noun |
| 大都会 大都會 | major city; metropolis; metropolitan | Proper Noun |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 七月 七月 | July; seventh month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 广州 廣州 | Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 好朋友 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 说到 說到 | to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for | |
| 人人 人人 | everyone; every person | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 大白 大白 | to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 老东西 老東西 | (derog.) old fool; old bastard | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 |