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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ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
sāi (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1 sei1] ∼HSK 6
xiā biān to fabricate (a story) ∼HSK 6
yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
zhàng to settle an account ∼HSK 6
dào qián wéi zhǐ until now; so far ∼HSK 6
- guài (idiom) crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange ∼HSK 6
chí dùn slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought) ∼HSK 6
fēng to enlarge one's breasts (e.g. by surgery); large breasts ∼HSK 6
guǐ hùn to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly ∼HSK 6
tóng zhuō desk-mate; seat-mate ∼HSK 6
rén common people; laity (i.e. not priests) ∼HSK 6
róng huà to melt; to dissolve (of sugar etc) ∼HSK 6
to fritter away (one's time) ∼HSK 6
chī to feel jealous ∼HSK 6
bèng chū lai to crop up; to pop up; to emerge abruptly ∼HSK 6
horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking ∼HSK 6
cān sumptuous meal; banquet ∼HSK 6
dào li major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk ∼HSK 6
qiu loach; mud fish ∼HSK 6
qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
è bad habit; evil custom; vulgarity ∼HSK 6
ǒu xiàng idol drama; drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers ∼HSK 6
jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
fēng xiōng to enlarge the breasts; breast enlargement ∼HSK 6
hǎo hurray!; hurrah!; yippee! ∼HSK 6
bēi zhuàng solemn and stirring; moving and tragic ∼HSK 6
láng lecher; pervert; wolf ∼HSK 6
shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
bàn luǒ half-naked ∼HSK 6
chē tāi tire ∼HSK 6
fàn bìng to fall ill ∼HSK 6
to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
huǎn xíng suspended sentence; probation ∼HSK 6
dōu fēng to catch the wind; to go for a spin in the fresh air ∼HSK 6
xiǎo (derog.) girlfriend of a married man ∼HSK 6
jīng shén zhuàng tài mental state; psychological condition ∼HSK 6
yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
jiǎ bāo huàn replacement guaranteed if not genuine; fig. authentic ∼HSK 6
lǎo Sūn this old Sun (Wukong's self-reference) ∼HSK 6
广 guǎng gào pái billboard ∼HSK 6
xiā nào to make a scene; to fool around; to behave foolishly ∼HSK 6
tóng huà shì fairy tale ∼HSK 6
zhì pǐn replica; reproduction ∼HSK 6
zěn me yàng not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it HSK 6
zhōng wài Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad HSK 6
zhí not worth HSK 6
稿 稿 gǎo zi draft of a document; script; manuscript; mental plan; precedent HSK 6
béng (contraction of 用) need not; please don't HSK 6
dào bǎn pirated; illegal; see also 版 HSK 6