The Way We Are

The Way We Are 2008

天水围的日与夜 tiānshuǐ wéi de rì yǔ yè

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

Cast

Nina Paw Hei-Ching Nina Paw Hei-Ching Mrs. Cheung Cecilia Chan Lai-Wan Cecilia Chan Lai-Wan Granny Leung Foon Juno Leung Chun-Lung Cheung Ka-on Clifton Ko Chi-Sum Clifton Ko Chi-Sum Uncle Chuen Mary Poon Auntie Yiu YoYo Fong Cho-Yiu Yee Chan Lai-Hing Ka-on's Grandma Carson Chung Second Uncle Ma Suet-Yee Second Aunt Vincent Chui Uncle Yung

Vocabulary

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便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
阿婆 阿婆 ā pó granny; mother-in-law ∼HSK 5
舅父 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother; maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
瑶 瑤 Yáo precious jade ∼HSK 5
匡 匡 Kuāng correct, restore, revise ∼HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5
洁 潔 jié clean, purify, pure ∼HSK 5
慧 慧 huì bright, intelligent; intelligence ∼HSK 5
傻乎乎 傻乎乎 shǎ hū hū feeble-minded; dim-witted ∼HSK 5
婷 婷 tíng pretty; attractive; graceful ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
怡 怡 yí harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
胶 膠 jiāo glue, gum, resin, rubber; sound; shin bone ∼HSK 5
榜 榜 bǎng public notice ∼HSK 5
谢礼 謝禮 xiè lǐ honorarium; gift as thanks ∼HSK 5
姑婆 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister; sister of a woman's father-in-law ∼HSK 5
粤 粵 Yuè Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; initial particle ∼HSK 5
好棒 好棒 hǎo bàng excellent (interjection) ∼HSK 5
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
玲 玲 líng tinkling of jade ∼HSK 5
嬴 嬴 Yíng to win; to have a surplus; surname ∼HSK 5
谢师宴 謝師宴 xiè shī yàn banquet hosted by students in honor of their teachers ∼HSK 5
十戒 十戒 shí jiè the ten commandments (religion) ∼HSK 5
袁 袁 Yuán robe; surname ∼HSK 5
伟 偉 wěi great, robust; extraordinary ∼HSK 5
兄弟姐妹 兄弟姐妹 xiōng dì jiě mèi brothers and sisters; siblings ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
吕 呂 Lǚ surname; a musical note ∼HSK 5
柜 櫃 guì cabinet, cupboard; shop counter ∼HSK 5
大姑 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case ∼HSK 5
会计师 會計師 kuài jì shī accountant ∼HSK 5
叉烧 叉燒 chā shāo char siu; barbecued pork ∼HSK 5
乳 乳 rǔ breast, nipples; milk, suckle ∼HSK 5
鸽 鴿 gē pigeon, dove; Columba species (various) ∼HSK 5
山竹 山竹 shān zhú mangosteen ∼HSK 5
伸直 伸直 shēn zhí to straighten; to stretch out ∼HSK 5
做鬼 做鬼 zuò guǐ to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost ∼HSK 5
腊 臘 xī year end sacrifice; dried meat ∼HSK 5
月饼 月餅 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) HSK 5
相等 相等 xiāng děng equal; equally; equivalent HSK 5