Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone 2005

独自等待 dúzì děngdài

An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspiring author who feels that he's met his dream girl (Li Bingbing). The only problem is, he seems stuck in the friend-zone. Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her...

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3.98 Beginner Director Dayyan Eng IMDb 7.3

Cast

Xia Yu Xia Yu Chen Wen Li Bingbing Li Bingbing Liu Rong Gong Beibi Gong Beibi Li Jing Gao Qi Gao Qi Haitao Wu Chao Wu Chao San Gao Yalin Gao Yalin Li Liang Tu Songyan Tu Songyan Sun Zi Dayyan Eng Dayyan Eng Ian Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Fa Ge (cameo) Yuan Quan Yuan Quan Xiao Mi (cameo)

Vocabulary

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野心 野心 yě xīn ambition; wild schemes; careerism HSK 7
管用 管用 guǎn yòng efficacious; useful HSK 7
秘诀 秘訣 mì jué secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success) HSK 7
诚意 誠意 chéng yì sincerity; good faith HSK 7
蚊子 蚊子 wén zi mosquito HSK 7
特质 特質 tè zhì characteristic; special quality HSK 7
手势 手勢 shǒu shì gesture; sign; signal HSK 7
料到 料到 liào dào to foresee; to anticipate HSK 7
心事 心事 xīn shì a load on one's mind; worry HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle; racing car; sports car; (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train; (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) HSK 7
关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off; to shut off HSK 7
贩卖 販賣 fàn mài to sell; to peddle; to traffic HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
大片 大片 dà piàn wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie HSK 7
判处 判處 pàn chǔ to sentence; to condemn HSK 7
落地 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land HSK 7
不适 不適 bù shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
琢磨 琢磨 zhuó mó to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work HSK 7
马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl HSK 7
徘徊 徘徊 pái huái to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
万能 萬能 wàn néng omnipotent; all-purpose; universal HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils HSK 7
充实 充實 chōng shí rich; full; substantial; to enrich; to augment; to substantiate (an argument) HSK 7
出版社 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house HSK 7
厌倦 厭倦 yàn juàn to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with HSK 7
卡通 卡通 kǎ tōng cartoon (loanword) HSK 7
忘掉 忘掉 wàng diào to forget HSK 7
无耻 無恥 wú chǐ without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless HSK 7
道具 道具 dào jù prop (theater); paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
剧组 劇組 jù zǔ cast and crew; performers and production team HSK 7
一瞬间 一瞬間 yī shùn jiān split second HSK 7
坦白 坦白 tǎn bái honest; forthcoming; to confess HSK 7
直觉 直覺 zhí jué intuition HSK 7
下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) HSK 7
才华 才華 cái huá talent HSK 7
排练 排練 pái liàn to rehearse; rehearsal HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
有机 有機 yǒu jī organic HSK 7
书面 書面 shū miàn in writing; written HSK 7
哄 哄 hōng roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) HSK 7
盼 盼 pàn to hope for; to long for; to expect HSK 7
棍 棍 gùn stick; rod; truncheon HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
是非 是非 shì fēi right and wrong; quarrel HSK 7