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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| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 澡 澡 | wash, bathe | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 老爷子 老爺子 | my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 合着 合著 | (dialect) (implying sudden realization) so; after all | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 调教 調教 | to instruct; to teach; to train; to raise (livestock) | |
| 输不起 輸不起 | to take defeat with bad grace; to be a sore loser; cannot afford to lose | |
| 得胜 得勝 | to triumph over an opponent | |
| 总得 總得 | must; have to; be bound to | |
| 把头 把頭 | labor contractor; gangmaster | |
| 活人 活人 | living person | |
| 受凉 受涼 | to catch cold | |
| 吵吵 吵吵 | to make a racket; to quarrel | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 眼福 眼福 | a treat for the eyes; the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful | |
| 老地方 老地方 | same place as before; usual place; stomping ground | |
| 耳 耳 | ear; merely, only; handle | |
| 缺水 缺水 | water shortage; dehydration | |
| 简 簡 | simple, terse, succinct, a letter | |
| 往心里去 往心裡去 | to take sth to heart; to take sth seriously | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 费心 費心 | to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) | |
| 一转眼 一轉眼 | in the blink of an eye | |
| 总要 總要 | nevertheless | |
| 空儿 空兒 | spare time; free time | |
| 有的是 有的是 | have plenty of; there's no lack of | |
| 公共场所 公共場所 | public place | |
| 年底 年底 | the end of the year; year-end | |
| 工夫 工夫 | (old) laborer | |
| 开业 開業 | to open a business; to open a practice; open (for business) | |
| 搬家 搬家 | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) | |
| 不光 不光 | not the only one; not only | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 接待 接待 | to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter) | |
| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 缺少 缺少 | lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack | |
| 游泳 游泳 | swimming; to swim | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 广播 廣播 | broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize |