The Calm Beyond 2020
平静之外
A young woman lives, hidden in plain sight in a ruined Hong Kong building after a tsunami destroyed the city - a castaway on a concrete island. Her concealed existence is changed forever when a small child literally floats into her life.
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Vocabulary
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| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | 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 |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 水里 水裡 | Shuili Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 吃不上 吃不上 | unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 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 | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 筏子 筏子 | raft | |
| 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 | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 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 | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 好喝 好喝 | tasty (drinks) | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 不在了 不在了 | to be dead; to have passed away | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 中风 中風 | to suffer a paralyzing stroke | |
| 会考 會考 | unified examination | |
| 没有什么 沒有什麼 | it is nothing; there's nothing... about it | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 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? | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 放出 放出 | to let off; to give out | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 下个 下個 | second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 这下 這下 | this time |