Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone 2005

独自等待 dúzì 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

Cast

Xia Yu Xia Yu Chen Wen Li Bingbing Li Bingbing Liu Rong Gong Beibi Gong Beibi Li Jing Gao Qi Gao Qi Haitao Wu Chao Wu Chao San Gao Yalin Gao Yalin Li Liang Tu Songyan Tu Songyan Sun Zi Dayyan Eng Dayyan Eng Ian Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Fa Ge (cameo) Yuan Quan Yuan Quan Xiao Mi (cameo)

Vocabulary

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你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
车门 車門 chē mén car door; door of bus, railway carriage etc ∼HSK 1
多大 多大 duō dà how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
做大 做大 zuò dà arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale ∼HSK 1
找着 找著 zhǎo zháo to find ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
飞碟 飛碟 fēi dié flying saucer; frisbee ∼HSK 1
好过 好過 hǎo guò to have an easy time; (feel) well ∼HSK 1
开走 開走 kāi zǒu to go (of car, train etc); to drive off ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
下个 下個 xià ge second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following ∼HSK 1
进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage ∼HSK 1
说白了 說白了 shuō bái le to speak frankly ∼HSK 1
动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat ∼HSK 1
一天到晚 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 1
小学生 小學生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
不用说 不用說 bù yòng shuō needless to say; it goes without saying ∼HSK 1
从来不 從來不 cóng lái bù never ∼HSK 1
书店 書店 shū diàn bookstore HSK 1
中文 中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language HSK 1
杯子 杯子 bēi zi cup; glass HSK 1
下车 下車 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years ∼HSK 1
楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread HSK 1
上车 上車 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
北京 北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left; the left side; to the left of HSK 1
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
图书馆 圖書館 tú shū guǎn library HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
桌子 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
下班 下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
男朋友 男朋友 nán péng you boyfriend HSK 1
听见 聽見 tīng jiàn to hear HSK 1
上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class HSK 1
女朋友 女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
火车 火車 huǒ chē train HSK 1