Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone 2005

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

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Vocabulary

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xíng mold; type; style; model HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
chéng rèn to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge HSK 4
tóu investment; to invest HSK 4
yǐn to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
xīn psychology; mentality HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
cān to participate (in sth) HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
biǎo shì to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending HSK 4
gēn according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
zhí de unworthy Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
máng to be busy (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
Heineken (Dutch brewing company); see also Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
nèi underpants; panties; briefs ∼HSK 3
méi at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
gǎn shí jiān to be in a hurry ∼HSK 3
lǎo zi my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male ∼HSK 3
huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
huì mortal ∼HSK 3
pāi diàn to send a telegram ∼HSK 3