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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注意 注意 zhù yì to take note of; to pay attention to HSK 3
转 轉 zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
部 部 bù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
使 使 shǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
纽约 紐約 Niǔ yuē New York Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
表哥 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
鱼片 魚片 yú piàn fish fillet; slice of fish meat ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
做完 做完 zuò wán to finish; to complete the task ∼HSK 2
不用客气 不用客氣 bù yòng kè qi you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
信教 信教 xìn jiào religious belief; to practice a faith; to be religious ∼HSK 2
表姐 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
做生日 做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
前段 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object); first part (of an event); previous paragraph ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
周会 周會 zhōu huì weekly meeting; weekly assembly ∼HSK 2
祈求 祈求 qí qiú to pray for; to appeal ∼HSK 2
洗碗 洗碗 xǐ wǎn to wash the dishes ∼HSK 2
做自己 做自己 zuò zì jǐ to be oneself ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2