The Road Home 1999
我的父亲母亲
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
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Vocabulary
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| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 漂 漂 | to float; to drift | |
| 观赏 觀賞 | to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental | |
| 操心 操心 | to worry about | |
| 从头 從頭 | anew; from the start | |
| 青蛙 青蛙 | frog; (old) (slang) ugly guy | |
| 心事 心事 | a load on one's mind; worry | |
| 当面 當面 | to sb's face; in sb's presence | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 人手 人手 | manpower; staff; human hand | |
| 相识 相識 | to get to know each other; acquaintance | |
| 蘑菇 蘑菇 | mushroom; to pester; to dawdle | |
| 口水 口水 | saliva | |
| 非得 非得 | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | |
| 嚼 嚼 | to chew; also pr. [jué] | |
| 余 餘 | extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me | |
| 迎 迎 | to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face | |
| 改编 改編 | to adapt; to rearrange; to revise | |
| 天地 天地 | heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity | |
| 裹 裹 | to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth) | |
| 通往 通往 | to lead to | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 雇 僱 | to employ; to hire; to rent | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 工地 工地 | construction site | |
| 称呼 稱呼 | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 心思 心思 | mind; thoughts; inclination; mood | |
| 沾 沾 | to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 钉 釘 | to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 在意 在意 | to care about; to mind | |
| 秩序 秩序 | order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 孤单 孤單 | lone; lonely; loneliness | |
| 醒来 醒來 | to waken | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 拨 撥 | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 轰动一时 轟動一時 | to cause a sensation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 滴水不漏 滴水不漏 | lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) | Idiom |