Shower 1999
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An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.
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Vocabulary
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| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 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) | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 慢走 慢走 | Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! | |
| 不比 不比 | unlike | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 老几 老幾 | where in the order of seniority among siblings?; (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 年下 年下 | lunar new year | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 一二 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 回见 回見 | See you later! | |
| 买票 買票 | to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) | |
| 找着 找著 | to find | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 老客 老客 | peddler; old or regular customer | |
| 大钱 大錢 | large sum of money; old Chinese type of coin of high denomination | |
| 好好儿 好好兒 | in good condition; perfectly good; carefully; well; thoroughly | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 就着 就著 | (eat sth) with (sth else); taking advantage of; using | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 飞机票 飛機票 | air ticket | |
| 买菜 買菜 | to buy groceries | |
| 忙着 忙著 | to be occupied with (doing sth) | |
| 找不着 找不著 | to be unable to find | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 白话 白話 | spoken language; vernacular | |
| 三五 三五 | several; three or five | |
| 有水 有水 | supplied with water (of a house) | |
| 上路 上路 | to start on a journey; to be on one's way | |
| 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 | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不在了 不在了 | to be dead; to have passed away | |
| 前几天 前幾天 | a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many |