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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| 走火 走火 | to go off accidentally; to catch fire | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 活下去 活下去 | to survive; to keep on living | |
| 魔法 魔法 | enchantment; magic | |
| 生活方式 生活方式 | way of life; lifestyle | |
| 劲 勁 | strong, unyielding, tough, power | |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 有的是 有的是 | have plenty of; there's no lack of | |
| 面条 麵條 | noodles | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 广播 廣播 | broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize | |
| 天空 天空 | sky | |
| 玩具 玩具 | plaything; toy | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 分别 分別 | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 庆祝 慶祝 | to celebrate | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 发出 發出 | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 消失 消失 | to disappear; to fade away | |
| 武器 武器 | weapon; arms | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 理由 理由 | reason; grounds; justification | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 现实 現實 | reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 适合 適合 | to fit; to suit | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 更加 更加 | more (than sth else); even more | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 事实 事實 | fact | |
| 仍然 仍然 | still; as before; yet | |
| 同意 同意 | to agree; to consent; to approve | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 理解 理解 | to comprehend; to understand | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 确实 確實 | indeed; really; reliable; real; true | |
| 意义 意義 | sense; meaning; significance; importance | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional |