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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Vocabulary

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(coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shàng chuáng to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
wàn (coll.) big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shì zhe (coll.) to try to Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
yǒu jīn tiān (coll.) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right; to get one's share of (good or bad things); every dog has its day Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài r erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar Colloquialism HSK 1
ye (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 1
shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Xiǎo shuō jiā School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广 Guǎng dōng Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shuō lái Say ∼HSK 1
yǒu xiē somewhat; rather; some HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
hái girl; lass ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
nán de man ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1