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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Vocabulary
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| 打的 打的 | (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi | Colloquialism |
| 上床 上床 | to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 大腕 大腕 | (coll.) big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight | Colloquialism |
| 试着 試著 | (coll.) to try to | Colloquialism |
| 也有今天 也有今天 | (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 |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 一块儿 一塊兒 | erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 上海 上海 | Shanghai municipality | Proper Noun |
| 小说家 小說家 | School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 广东 廣東 | Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou | Proper Noun |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 那个 那個 | 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 | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 没事 沒事 | 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) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 我这儿 我這兒 | where I am; my place | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 一点 一點 | 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 | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 慢走 慢走 | Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time |