Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone 2005

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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

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shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
lèi xíng type; kind; category; (computer programming) type HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
jié details; particulars HSK 4
fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
jīng diǎn the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical HSK 4
dēng to register (one's name) HSK 4
háng trade; profession; industry; business HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
cái liào (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
xiāo shòu to sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc) HSK 4
liáo bored; boring; senseless HSK 4
jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period HSK 4
rán still; as before HSK 4
guī rule; regulation; rules and regulations HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
biān to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up HSK 4
in keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
xìng interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
怀 huái to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
ér tóng child HSK 4
tóu to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed HSK 4
chè thorough; thoroughly; complete HSK 4
jué role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè] HSK 4
fēng style HSK 4
xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
jiào shòu professor; to instruct; to lecture on HSK 4
chōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge HSK 4
mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
xún zhǎo to seek; to look for HSK 4
chǎn pǐn goods; merchandise; product HSK 4
miǎn fèi free (of charge) HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4