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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| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 基因 基因 | gene (loanword) | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 探 探 | to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 注 註 | to register; to annotate; note; comment | |
| 推荐 推薦 | to recommend; recommendation | |
| 生物 生物 | organism; living creature; life form; biological | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 恐怖 恐怖 | terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 一丝不挂 一絲不掛 | not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit | Idiom |
| 若无其事 若無其事 | (idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant | Idiom |
| 四大皆空 四大皆空 | lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom); this world is an illusion | Idiom |
| 宝刀未老 寶刀未老 | treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous | Idiom |
| 孤魂野鬼 孤魂野鬼 | wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom); person who has no family or friends to rely on | Idiom |
| 软硬兼施 軟硬兼施 | use both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 赐给 賜給 | to bestow; to give | |
| 余生 餘生 | the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster) | |
| 资讯科技 資訊科技 | information technology; science of communications | |
| 打拳 打拳 | to do shadowboxing | |
| 异性恋 異性戀 | heterosexuality; heterosexual love | |
| 邪门 邪門 | strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices | |
| 有生之年 有生之年 | (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years | |
| 先兆 先兆 | omen | |
| 无始无终 無始無終 | without beginning or end; eternal (idiom) | |
| 肺癌 肺癌 | lung cancer | |
| 老伴 老伴 | (of an elderly couple) husband or wife | |
| 慢动作 慢動作 | (cinema) slow motion | |
| 安非他命 安非他命 | amphetamine (medical) (loanword) |