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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| 神经病 神經病 | mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case | |
| 二胡 二胡 | erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle); alto fiddle | |
| 妞 妞 | girl | |
| 可否 可否 | can/may? | |
| 浴 浴 | bathe, wash; bath | |
| 衣柜 衣櫃 | wardrobe; armoire | |
| 喝醉 喝醉 | to get drunk | |
| 孪 孿 | twins | |
| 阿婆 阿婆 | granny; mother-in-law | |
| 搞定 搞定 | to fix; to settle; to wangle | |
| 莉 莉 | white jasmine | |
| 肺炎 肺炎 | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs | |
| 荣 榮 | glory, honor; flourish, prosper | |
| 杏 杏 | apricot; almond | |
| 脯 脯 | dried meat; preserved fruits | |
| 大戏 大戲 | large-scale Chinese opera; Beijing opera; major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc) | |
| 逊 遜 | humble, modest; yield | |
| 出品 出品 | to produce an item; output; items that are produced | |
| 恶梦 惡夢 | nightmare | |
| 贞 貞 | virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal | |
| 发疯 發瘋 | to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind | |
| 百日咳 百日咳 | whooping cough; pertussis | |
| 不舍 不捨 | reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of | |
| 杉 杉 | various species of pine and fir | |
| 自恋 自戀 | narcissism | |
| 遥 遙 | far away, distant, remote | |
| 繁 緐 | complicated, complex, difficult | |
| 旁听 旁聽 | to sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer; to audit (a class) | |
| 聂 聶 | whisper; surname | |
| 击倒 擊倒 | to knock down; knocked down | |
| 熟食 熟食 | cooked food; prepared food; deli food | |
| 莫 莫 | do not (literary) | |
| 待会 待會 | wait a minute; stop a while | |
| 坠毁 墜毀 | (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash | |
| 卧底 臥底 | to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole | |
| 出柜 出櫃 | to come out of the closet; to reveal one's sexual orientation | |
| 憾 憾 | to regret, remorse; dissatisfied | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 拗 抝 | to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower); bent, warped; perverse, obstinate | |
| 婆子 婆子 | old woman | |
| 幼 幼 | young | |
| 犯法 犯法 | to break the law | |
| 肋骨 肋骨 | rib | |
| 触及 觸及 | to touch (physically, one's feelings etc); to touch on (a topic) | |
| 滩 灘 | bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids | |
| 差劲 差勁 | bad; no good; below average; disappointing | |
| 姑丈 姑丈 | husband of paternal aunt | |
| 敖 敖 | ramble, play about; leisurely; surname | |
| 仁 仁 | humaneness, benevolence, kindness | |
| 智者 智者 | sage; wise man; clever and knowledgeable person |