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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| 作陪 作陪 | to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company | |
| 德行 德行 | morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] | |
| 缺德 缺德 | mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled | |
| 稀客 稀客 | infrequent visitor | |
| 别理 別理 | don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to | |
| 优厚 優厚 | generous, liberal (pay, compensation) | |
| 打理 打理 | to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order | |
| 实不相瞒 實不相瞞 | truth to tell; to be quite honest... | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 欺侮 欺侮 | to bully | |
| 招摇过市 招搖過市 | (idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 招摇 招搖 | to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off | |
| 洋人 洋人 | foreigner; Westerner | |
| 洋车 洋車 | rickshaw | |
| 正经事 正經事 | an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 姨太太 姨太太 | concubine | |
| 偏爱 偏愛 | to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite | |
| 俗气 俗氣 | tacky; inelegant; in poor taste; vulgar; banal | |
| 狐狸精 狐狸精 | fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 活命 活命 | life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living | |
| 相望 相望 | to look at one another; to face each other | |
| 唇舌 唇舌 | argument; words; lips and tongue | |
| 烈焰 烈焰 | raging flames | |
| 拖油瓶 拖油瓶 | (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage; children by a previous marriage | |
| 搓麻将 搓麻將 | to play mahjong | |
| 顺带 順帶 | (do sth) in passing; incidentally (while doing sth else) | |
| 讣告 訃告 | obituary | |
| 冲锋 衝鋒 | to charge; to assault; assault | |
| 旅店 旅店 | inn; small hotel | |
| 电车 電車 | trolleybus | |
| 开设 開設 | to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc) | |
| 出面 出面 | to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 黑夜 黑夜 | night | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 昏 昏 | muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness | |
| 罢工 罷工 | a strike; to go on strike | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 识 識 | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 翼 翼 | surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 片刻 片刻 | short period of time; a moment | |
| 打动 打動 | to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching | |
| 对外 對外 | external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) |