Unknown Pleasures 2002
任逍遥
Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young singer and dancer working for a liquor company as a spokesmodel.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 到目前为止 到目前為止 | until now; so far | |
| 蓄谋 蓄謀 | to premeditate; to plot | |
| 上焦 上焦 | (TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs) | |
| 主席台 主席臺 | rostrum; platform | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 残废 殘廢 | deformity; handicapped | |
| 肝炎 肝炎 | hepatitis | |
| 高利贷 高利貸 | high-interest loan; usury | |
| 一盘棋 一盤棋 | chessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation | |
| 未遂 未遂 | to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish) | |
| 剧终 劇終 | The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) | |
| 报考 報考 | to enter oneself for an examination | |
| 手续费 手續費 | service charge; processing fee; commission | |
| 遍地 遍地 | everywhere; all over | |
| 岁数 歲數 | age (number of years old) | |
| 公安 公安 | (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security | |
| 歌星 歌星 | singing star; famous singer | |
| 站台 站臺 | platform (at a railway station); (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate); (Tw) website | |
| 通行 通行 | to go through; to pass through; to be in general use | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 捕 捕 | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 自在 自在 | comfortable; at ease | |
| 低头 低頭 | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 金额 金額 | sum of money; monetary value | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 棉 棉 | generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton | |
| 深深 深深 | deep; profound | |
| 窗口 窗口 | window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 无效 無效 | not valid; ineffective; in vain | |
| 咋 咋 | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 金融 金融 | banking; finance; financial | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 炸弹 炸彈 | bomb | |
| 远远 遠遠 | distant; by far | |
| 战略 戰略 | strategy | |
| 趟 䠀 | to wade; to trample; to turn the soil | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 骄傲 驕傲 | pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 仪式 儀式 | ceremony | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 炒 炒 | to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) |