Tiny Times

Tiny Times 2013

xiǎoshí dài

When four best friends try and move forward in their work and personal life, they realize that trying to live their life's dream is more difficult than they imagine -- especially in the high fashion world of Shanghai.

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4.3 Intermediate Director Edward Guo IMDb 3.3

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lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里 HSK 1
zhōng within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right HSK 1
cóng from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor HSK 1
xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action HSK 1
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) HSK 1
méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not HSK 1
guò to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too- HSK 1
ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume. HSK 1
diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items HSK 1
shén me what?; something; anything HSK 1
zuò to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner) HSK 1
kān to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard HSK 1
men they HSK 1
méi yǒu haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be HSK 1
gěi to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) HSK 1
néng can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy HSK 1
xiǎng to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) HSK 1
to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) HSK 1
she HSK 1
hái still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else HSK 1
hěn (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully HSK 1
lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) HSK 1
shǎng used in 上声 HSK 1
dào to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough HSK 1
duì right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair HSK 1
dōu all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all HSK 1
(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 HSK 1
huì can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ]) HSK 1
one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit HSK 1
hǎo good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello HSK 1
men we; us; ourselves; our HSK 1
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese HSK 1
shuì to persuade HSK 1
yào to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important HSK 1
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual HSK 1
rén person; people HSK 1
jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... HSK 1
zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) HSK 1
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other HSK 1
yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) HSK 1
no; not so; (bound form) not; un- HSK 1
zài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) HSK 1
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) HSK 1
shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) HSK 1
I; me; my HSK 1
le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) HSK 1
de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs HSK 1
Rare
míng name of a river Rare
Rare