The Mermaid 2016
美人鱼
When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.
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Vocabulary
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| 重回 重回 | to return | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 跑出 跑出 | to run out | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 碾过 碾過 | to crush sth by running over it | |
| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 桌 桌 | table, desk, stand | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 小事 小事 | trifle; trivial matter | |
| 白痴 白痴 | idiocy; idiot | |
| 门栓 門栓 | variant of | |
| 看不出 看不出 | can't discern | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 从来没 從來沒 | have never; has never | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 真爱 真愛 | true love | |
| 到家 到家 | perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 穿衣 穿衣 | to put on clothes; to get dressed | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 放出 放出 | to let off; to give out | |
| 爱上 愛上 | to fall in love with; to be in love with | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 拿起 拿起 | to pick up | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 试问 試問 | I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 商机 商機 | business opportunity; commercial opportunity | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 人从 人從 | retinue; hangers-on | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 做菜 做菜 | to cook; cooking | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 跟不上 跟不上 | not able to keep up with | |
| 不用说 不用說 | needless to say; it goes without saying | |
| 外星人 外星人 | space alien; extraterrestrial | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 下车 下車 | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 马路 馬路 | street; road | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |