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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| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 婶婶 嬸嬸 | wife of father's younger brother; aunt | |
| 酬神 酬神 | to offer thanks to the gods | |
| 条痕 條痕 | weal (e.g. from whipping); streak | |
| 虾仁 蝦仁 | shrimp meat; shelled shrimp | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 一程 一程 | a journey | |
| 结帐 結帳 | variant of | |
| 姨婆 姨婆 | (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 | |
| 多汁 多汁 | succulent; juicy | |
| 内地 內地 | mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization) | |
| 一齐 一齊 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 祖母 祖母 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 化解 化解 | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 打牌 打牌 | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 基督教 基督教 | Christianity; Christian | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 电器 電器 | (electrical) appliance; device | |
| 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 | |
| 券 券 | bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 懒 懶 | lazy | |
| 番 番 | 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 | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 回应 回應 | to respond; response | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 和谐 和諧 | harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order | |
| 智慧 智慧 | wisdom; knowledge; intelligent; intelligence | |
| 档 檔 | official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 圣诞节 聖誕節 | Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 娱乐 娛樂 | to entertain; to amuse; entertainment; recreation; amusement; hobby; fun; joy | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 炒 炒 | to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 情绪 情緒 | mood; state of mind; moodiness | |
| 理 理 | 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 | |
| 服 服 | 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 | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to |