The Wasted Times 2016
罗曼蒂克消亡史
Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.
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Vocabulary
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| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 牙齿 牙齒 | tooth; dental | |
| 催 催 | to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite | |
| 天生 天生 | nature; disposition; innate; natural | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 雾 霧 | fog; mist | |
| 秩序 秩序 | order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) | |
| 绑架 綁架 | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking | |
| 坑 坑 | pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 | surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale | Idiom |
| 爱莫能助 愛莫能助 | unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.; My hands are tied. | Idiom |
| 行尸走肉 行屍走肉 | walking corpse (idiom); zombie; person who lives only on the material level | Idiom |
| 求之不得 求之不得 | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | Idiom |
| 耍滑头 耍滑頭 | to resort to tricks; to act in a slippery way; to try to evade (work, responsibility) | Xiehouyu |
| 捣蛋 搗蛋 | to cause trouble; to stir up trouble | Xiehouyu |
| 寻开心 尋開心 | to make fun of; to seek diversion | Xiehouyu |
| 蠢货 蠢貨 | blockhead; idiot; dunce; moron; fool | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 布料 布料 | fabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc) | |
| 白昼 白晝 | daytime | |
| 认账 認賬 | to own up to a fault; to admit the truth; to acknowledge a debt | |
| 何方 何方 | from where | |
| 在此一举 在此一舉 | hinging on this one move; everything depends on this single action (idiom) | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 叮当响 叮噹響 | (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound | |
| 闹僵 鬧僵 | (of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense | |
| 敬仰 敬仰 | to revere; highly esteemed | |
| 差遣 差遣 | to send (on errand) | |
| 有道理 有道理 | to make sense; reasonable | |
| 经络 經絡 | energy channels; meridian (TCM); (dialect) trick; tactic | |
| 招惹 招惹 | to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb) |