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.
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Vocabulary
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| 医务人员 醫務人員 | medical personnel | |
| 半小时 半小時 | half hour | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 总得 總得 | must; have to; be bound to | |
| 事儿 事兒 | matter, affair | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 天演 天演 | natural change; evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) | |
| 不合 不合 | to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out | |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese | |
| 买断 買斷 | to buy out; buyout; severance | |
| 打火机 打火機 | lighter; cigarette lighter | |
| 心想事成 心想事成 | to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | |
| 信封 信封 | envelope | |
| 志愿 志願 | aspiration; ambition; to volunteer | |
| 单元 單元 | unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase | |
| 建成 建成 | to establish; to build | |
| 办理 辦理 | to handle; to transact; to conduct | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 高速公路 高速公路 | expressway; highway; freeway | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 建设 建設 | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute | |
| 身份证 身份證 | identity card; ID | |
| 乐观 樂觀 | optimistic; hopeful | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 广播 廣播 | broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize | |
| 采用 採用 | to adopt; to employ; to use | |
| 先进 先進 | advanced (technology); to advance | |
| 称为 稱為 | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 区别 區別 | difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 组合 組合 | to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation; (math.) combinatorial | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 现金 現金 | cash | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 内心 內心 | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 重大 重大 | great; important; major; significant | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly |