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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shí time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always HSK 3
guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
yǎn yuán actor or actress; performer HSK 3
100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3
zhì magazine HSK 3
dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
yǎn to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
chāo super-; ultra-; hyper- HSK 3
滿 mǎn to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
xiāo shī to disappear; to fade away HSK 3
měi hǎo beautiful; fine HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
xuān to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine HSK 3
zuò pǐn work (of art); opus HSK 3
zhí value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty HSK 3
cháo imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards HSK 3
jīng cǎi wonderful; marvelous; brilliant HSK 3
zhēn shí true; real HSK 3
chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
wán měi perfect HSK 3
dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
zhuī to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously HSK 3
biàn huà (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation HSK 3
gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
duàn unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant HSK 3
xiàn shí reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
shì to fit; to suit HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
yào necessary; essential; indispensable; required HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
duì fāng the other person; the other side; the other party HSK 3
niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
fǎn yìng to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction HSK 3
běn basic; fundamental; main; elementary HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
jīng experience; to experience; to go through HSK 3