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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| 分享 分享 | to share (let others have some of sth good) | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 死气沉沉 死氣沉沉 | dead atmosphere; lifeless; spiritless | Idiom |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 约书亚 約書亞 | Joshua (name) | Proper Noun |
| 本杰明 本傑明 | Benjamin (person name) | Proper Noun |
| 莎 莎 | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats | |
| 婆婆 婆婆 | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma | |
| 坦 坦 | flat, smooth; self-possessed | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 牛仔 牛仔 | cowboy | |
| 约会对象 約會對象 | partner for dating; a date (boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 虑 慮 | be concerned, worry about | |
| 条规 條規 | rule | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 包饺子 包餃子 | to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers) | |
| 召唤 召喚 | to summon; to beckon; to call | |
| 升职 升職 | to get promoted (at work etc); promotion | |
| 不稳定 不穩定 | unstable | |
| 睡梦中 睡夢中 | fast asleep; dreaming | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 卒 䘚 | soldier; servant; at last, finally | |
| 博 博 | gamble, play games; wide, broad | |
| 打扫 打掃 | to clean; to sweep | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 口袋 口袋 | pocket; bag; sack | |
| 不在乎 不在乎 | not to care | |
| 翻译 翻譯 | to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation | |
| 改善 改善 | to make better; to improve | |
| 外套 外套 | coat; jacket | |
| 姐妹 姐妹 | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 想念 想念 | to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 勇敢 勇敢 | brave; courageous | |
| 闪 閃 | to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine | |
| 在乎 在乎 | to care about; equivalent of 在于 | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy |