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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| 有责任 有責任 | liable; responsible | |
| 盖楼 蓋樓 | to construct a building; (Internet slang) to reply to a thread | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 马路牙子 馬路牙子 | curb | |
| 勇 勇 | brave, courageous, fierce | |
| 一年四季 一年四季 | all year round | |
| 特为 特為 | for a specific purpose; specially | |
| 好些 好些 | a good deal of; quite a lot | |
| 风俗 風俗 | social custom | |
| 看不起 看不起 | to look down upon; to despise | |
| 大妈 大媽 | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 体操 體操 | gymnastic; gymnastics | |
| 粮食 糧食 | foodstuff; cereals | |
| 穿上 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 着急 著急 | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] | |
| 小伙子 小伙子 | young man; young guy; lad; youngster | |
| 不在乎 不在乎 | not to care | |
| 填 填 | to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in | |
| 护士 護士 | nurse | |
| 锻炼 鍛鍊 | to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 运动员 運動員 | athlete | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 大会 大會 | general assembly; general meeting; convention | |
| 放松 放鬆 | to relax; to slacken; to loosen | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 材料 材料 | (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 投资 投資 | investment; to invest | |
| 心理 心理 | psychology; mentality | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) |