The Way We Are

The Way We Are 2008

tiānshuǐ wéi de

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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3.55 Beginner Director Ann Hui IMDb 7.5

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Vocabulary

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kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
shěn shen wife of father's younger brother; aunt ∼HSK 6
chóu shén to offer thanks to the gods ∼HSK 6
tiáo hén weal (e.g. from whipping); streak ∼HSK 6
xiā rén shrimp meat; shelled shrimp ∼HSK 6
rén my child ∼HSK 6
chéng a journey ∼HSK 6
jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt ∼HSK 6
duō zhī succulent; juicy ∼HSK 6
Nèi mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization) HSK 6
at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
huà jiě to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) HSK 6
hěn nánshuō Hard to say HSK 6
pái to play mahjong or cards HSK 6
jiào Christianity; Christian HSK 6
gu paternal aunt HSK 6
diàn (electrical) appliance; device HSK 6
yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
used in 荤粥 HSK 6
quàn bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate HSK 6
zǒu to take away HSK 6
lǎn lazy HSK 6
fān foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort HSK 6
yòng xīn motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful HSK 6
kān hǎo to keep an eye on HSK 6
huí yìng to respond; response HSK 6
xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
lǎo shǔ rat; mouse HSK 6
xié harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor HSK 6
suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
fān Some HSK 6
zhāng chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order HSK 6
zhì huì wisdom; knowledge; intelligent; intelligence HSK 6
dàng official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] HSK 6
to bet; to gamble HSK 6
Shèng dàn jié Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas HSK 6
zhǔ to cook; to boil HSK 6
liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
to entertain; to amuse; entertainment; recreation; amusement; hobby; fun; joy HSK 6
pāo puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces HSK 6
chǎo to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) HSK 6
zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
qíng mood; state of mind; moodiness HSK 6
texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6