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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| 高楼 高樓 | high building; multistory building; skyscraper | |
| 好玩 好玩 | amusing; fun; interesting | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 医 醫 | cure, heal; doctor, medical | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 好用 好用 | useful; serviceable; effective; handy; easy to use | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 看不出 看不出 | can't discern | |
| 做大 做大 | arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale | |
| 开苞 開苞 | to deflower | |
| 老东西 老東西 | (derog.) old fool; old bastard | |
| 打进 打進 | to breach; to invade | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 读书人 讀書人 | scholar; intellectual | |
| 太过 太過 | excessively; too | |
| 今早 今早 | this morning | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 小二 小二 | waiter | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 帮工 幫工 | to help with farm work; casual laborer | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 分钱 分錢 | cent; penny | |
| 友爱 友愛 | friendly affection; fraternal love | |
| 小日子 小日子 | simple life | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 干涸 乾涸 | to dry up | |
| 语 語 | language, words; saying, expression | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 明月 明月 | bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 做错 做錯 | to make an error | |
| 体 體 | body; group, class, body, unit; inferior | |
| 他用 他用 | other use; other purpose | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 几点 幾點 | what time?; when? | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 吃重 吃重 | (of a role) arduous; important; (a vehicle's) loading capacity |