Shower 1999
洗澡
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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| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 票 票 | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions | |
| 睡觉 睡覺 | to go to bed; to sleep | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 去年 去年 | last year | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 楼 樓 | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 口 口 | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 医院 醫院 | hospital | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 男 男 | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 电影 電影 | movie; film | |
| 少 少 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | |
| 多少 多少 | number; amount; somewhat | |
| 谢谢 謝謝 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 妈 媽 | ma; mom; mother | |
| 四 四 | four; 4 | |
| 回来 回來 | to return; to come back | |
| 明天 明天 | tomorrow | |
| 睡 睡 | to sleep; to lie down | |
| 们 們 | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals | |
| 喝 喝 | to shout | |
| 玩 玩 | to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment | |
| 男人 男人 | a man; a male; men |