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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| 确认 確認 | to confirm; to verify; confirmation | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 既 既 | already; since; both... (and...) | |
| 风格 風格 | style | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 巨大 巨大 | huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous | |
| 梦想 夢想 | (fig.) to dream of; dream | |
| 寻找 尋找 | to seek; to look for | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 传统 傳統 | tradition; traditional; convention; conventional | |
| 空间 空間 | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 或许 或許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 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 | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 洛杉矶 洛杉磯 | Los Angeles, California | Proper Noun |
| 印度尼西亚 印度尼西亞 | Indonesia | Proper Noun |
| 星期五 星期五 | Friday | Proper Noun |
| 艾 艾 | artemisia, mugwort; translit. | |
| 派对 派對 | (loanword) party | |
| 搬出去 搬出去 | to move out (vacate); to shift sth out | |
| 一员 一員 | a member (of an organization) | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 想得美 想得美 | to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation; (as an interjection) what a dreamer! | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 被困 被困 | to be trapped; to be stranded | |
| 衫 衫 | shirt; robe; gown; jacket | |
| 传给 傳給 | to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 把头 把頭 | labor contractor; gangmaster | |
| 楼梯间 樓梯間 | staircase; flight of stairs | |
| 门把 門把 | door knob; door handle; also pr. [men2 ba4] | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 防身 防身 | self-protection; to defend oneself |