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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| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 护士 護士 | nurse | |
| 减 減 | to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 聚会 聚會 | party; gathering; to meet; to get together | |
| 想念 想念 | to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 奖 獎 | prize; award; encouragement | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 主题 主題 | theme; subject | |
| 呼吸 呼吸 | to breathe | |
| 无聊 無聊 | bored; boring; senseless | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 距离 距離 | distance; to be apart from | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 牌 牌 | mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 律师 律師 | lawyer | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 圣经 聖經 | the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures | Proper Noun |
| 复活节 復活節 | Easter | Proper Noun |
| 星期五 星期五 | Friday | Proper Noun |
| 表叔 表叔 | son of grandfather's sister; son of grandmother's brother or sister; father's younger male cousin; (Hong Kong slang) mainlander | Proper Noun |
| 冬菇 冬菇 | donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap | |
| 团契 團契 | Christian association; fellowship | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form |