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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| 班主任 班主任 | teacher in charge of a class | |
| 南北 南北 | north and south; north to south | |
| 儿女 兒女 | children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 时常 時常 | often; frequently | |
| 言语 言語 | words; speech; (spoken) language | |
| 特定 特定 | special; specific; designated; particular | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 向前 向前 | forward; onward | |
| 漏 漏 | to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 耐心 耐心 | to be patient; patience | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 用来 用來 | to be used for | |
| 提示 提示 | to point out; to remind (sb of sth); to suggest; suggestion; tip; reminder; notice | |
| 冲突 衝突 | conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 频道 頻道 | frequency; (television) channel | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 瘦 瘦 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 或是 或是 | or; either one or the other | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 版 版 | a register; block of printing; edition; version; page | |
| 分享 分享 | to share (let others have some of sth good) | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 潮 潮 | tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 沙田 沙田 | Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 伟哥 偉哥 | Viagra (male impotence drug) | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |