The Way We Are 2008
天水围的日与夜
Cheung, a single mother living in an area with high crime rates, works hard to provide for her son while helping out her elderly neighbor.
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Vocabulary
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| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 以上 以上 | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 以下 以下 | that level or lower; that amount or less; the following | |
| 英语 英語 | English (language) | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 成绩 成績 | achievement; performance records; grades | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 经理 經理 | manager; director | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 味道 味道 | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 蛋 蛋 | egg; oval-shaped thing | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 级 級 | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 瓶 瓶 | bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 节 節 | joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour) | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 节目 節目 | program; item (on a program) | |
| 经常 經常 | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 经过 經過 | to pass; to go through; process; course | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 一般 一般 | same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general | |
| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 座 座 | seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects |