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逆行人生
A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. When life's burdens hit hard, he must confront himself and start anew.
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Vocabulary
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| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 蹭 蹭 | to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload | Colloquialism |
| 多劳多得 多勞多得 | work more and get more | |
| 改日 改日 | another day; some other day | |
| 提速 提速 | to increase the specified cruising speed; to pick up speed; to speed up | |
| 物流 物流 | distribution (business); logistics | |
| 旷课 曠課 | to play truant; to cut classes | |
| 掉队 掉隊 | to fall behind; to drop out | |
| 自费 自費 | at one's own expense; self-funded | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 养生 養生 | to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc) | |
| 苦力 苦力 | bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times | |
| 逾期 逾期 | to be overdue; to fail to meet a deadline; to be behind in doing sth | |
| 时隔 時隔 | separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) | |
| 转学 轉學 | to change schools; to transfer to another college | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 配送 配送 | to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配货 and 送货); to deliver (goods) | |
| 赔钱 賠錢 | to lose money; to pay for damages | |
| 骨干 骨幹 | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone | |
| 俗话说 俗話說 | as the proverb says; as they say... | |
| 路况 路況 | road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) | |
| 放水 放水 | to turn on the water; to let water out; (sports) to throw a game | |
| 朗诵 朗誦 | to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim | |
| 并列 並列 | to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed | |
| 口碑 口碑 | public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 阶梯 階梯 | flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of | |
| 床位 床位 | bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk | |
| 年终 年終 | end of the year | |
| 赛跑 賽跑 | race (running); to race (running) | |
| 口罩 口罩 | mask (surgical etc) | |
| 批发 批發 | wholesale; bulk trade; distribution | |
| 抠 摳 | to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly | |
| 忙活 忙活 | to be really busy; pressing business | |
| 凑合 湊合 | to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad | |
| 劳累 勞累 | tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil | |
| 优化 優化 | to optimize | |
| 费劲 費勁 | to require effort; strenuous | |
| 眯 眯 | to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. [mǐ] | |
| 传单 傳單 | leaflet; flier; pamphlet | |
| 包扎 包紮 | to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound) | |
| 能耐 能耐 | ability; capability | |
| 垫底 墊底 | to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings | |
| 裁员 裁員 | to cut staff; to lay off employees | |
| 拖累 拖累 | to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate | |
| 仲裁 仲裁 | arbitration | |
| 顺手 順手 | easily; without trouble; while one is at it; in passing; handy |