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.
Cast
Vocabulary
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 楼 樓 | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 元 元 | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 医院 醫院 | hospital | |
| 重 重 | to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer | |
| 先生 先生 | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 书 書 | book; letter; document; to write | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late | |
| 昨天 昨天 | yesterday | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 间 間 | between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms | |
| 难 難 | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | |
| 少 少 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | |
| 妈妈 媽媽 | mama; mommy; mother | |
| 第二 第二 | second; number two; next; secondary | |
| 多少 多少 | number; amount; somewhat | |
| 谢谢 謝謝 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 妈 媽 | ma; mom; mother | |
| 晚上 晚上 | evening; night; in the evening | |
| 四 四 | four; 4 | |
| 回来 回來 | to return; to come back | |
| 明天 明天 | tomorrow | |
| 认识 認識 | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition | |
| 早 早 | early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely | |
| 坐 坐 | surname Zuo | |
| 穿 穿 | to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread | |
| 学校 學校 | school | |
| 喝 喝 | to shout | |
| 正在 正在 | just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) | |
| 玩 玩 | to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment | |
| 别人 別人 | other people; others; other person | |
| 帮 幫 | to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society | |
| 日 日 | abbr. for 本, Japan | |
| 女人 女人 | woman | |
| 送 送 | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with | |
| 电话 電話 | telephone; phone call; phone number |