Waiting Alone 2005
独自等待
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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Vocabulary
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| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 把握 把握 | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) | |
| 性格 性格 | nature; disposition; temperament; character | |
| 作者 作者 | author; writer | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 环 環 | ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 看上去 看上去 | it would appear; it seems (that) | |
| 啤酒 啤酒 | beer (loanword) | |
| 个性 個性 | individuality; personality | |
| 话题 話題 | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 服装 服裝 | dress; clothing; costume; clothes | |
| 主动 主動 | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 进步 進步 | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress | |
| 配合 配合 | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine | |
| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 资格 資格 | qualifications; seniority | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 进展 進展 | to make headway; to make progress | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 导演 導演 | to direct; director (film etc) | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 宣传 宣傳 | to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 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 | |
| 成熟 成熟 | mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu] | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 对象 對象 | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend | |
| 通常 通常 | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally | |
| 实验 實驗 | experiment; test; experimental; to experiment | |
| 全球 全球 | entire; total; global; the (whole) world; worldwide | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 观察 觀察 | to observe; to watch; to survey |