Temptress Moon 1996
风月
Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.
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Vocabulary
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| 因为 因為 | because; owing to; on account of | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 已经 已經 | already | |
| 得 得 | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 打的 打的 | (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 小妹妹 小妹妹 | little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 上海 上海 | Shanghai municipality | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 达 達 | arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 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 | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 仆人 僕人 | servant | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 一口 一口 | readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite | |
| 大小姐 大小姐 | eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 怎么说呢 怎麼說呢 | Why is that?; How come? | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few |