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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| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 于 于 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 混蛋 混蛋 | scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 曦 曦 | sunlight, sunshine, early dawn | |
| 欣 欣 | happy, joyous, delighted | |
| 丢下 丟下 | to abandon | |
| 严格来说 嚴格來說 | strictly speaking | |
| 开胃菜 開胃菜 | starter; appetizer | |
| 同居 同居 | to live together; to cohabit | |
| 袁 袁 | robe; surname | |
| 矩 榘 | variant of | |
| 有史以来 有史以來 | since the beginning of history | |
| 剩女 剩女 | "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single) | |
| 臭味 臭味 | bad smell; foul odor | |
| 社交媒体 社交媒體 | social media | |
| 席卷 席捲 | to engulf; to sweep; to carry away everything | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 公公 公公 | husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch | |
| 狱 獄 | prison, jail; case; lawsuit | |
| 自认 自認 | to believe (sth in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as; to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself); to resign oneself to | |
| 不管怎样 不管怎樣 | in any case; no matter what | |
| 滤 濾 | strain out, filter | |
| 小姑 小姑 | father's youngest sister; husband's younger sister; sister-in-law | |
| 佬 佬 | (Cant.) man, person; mature | |
| 接力棒 接力棒 | relay baton; (fig.) responsibilities (passed over to one's successor) | |
| 胶带 膠帶 | adhesive tape; magnetic tape | |
| 香肠 香腸 | sausage | |
| 台风 臺風 | stage presence, poise | |
| 采购 採購 | to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase | |
| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 小偷 小偷 | thief | |
| 灾难 災難 | disaster; catastrophe | |
| 指责 指責 | to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce | |
| 剧本 劇本 | script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario | |
| 解除 解除 | to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement) | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 子弹 子彈 | bullet | |
| 珍惜 珍惜 | to treasure; to value; to cherish | |
| 助理 助理 | assistant | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 彼此 彼此 | each other; one another | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots |