Learn from the movie plots – 2000 HK film – In the mood for love – 42 vocabs

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報館bou3 gun2newspaper office
編輯pin1 cap1Editor
妻子cai1 zi2wife
搬入bun1 jap6Move in
一棟jat1 dung6Measure word for a building
上海人soeng6 hoi2 jan4Shanghai people
聚居zeoi6 geoi1to inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group)​, to congregate
大廈daai6 haa6Building

喺1962年既香港,[報館] [編輯] [Tony Leung] 同 [妻子] [搬入] [一棟] [上海人] [聚居]既 [大廈]。

hai2 1962 nin4 gei3 hoeng1 gong2,[ bou3 gun2] [ pin1 cap1]  [zau1 mou6 wan4] tung4 [ cai1 zi2] [ bun1 jap6] [ jat1 dung6] [ soeng6 hoi2 jan4] [ zeoi6 geoi1] gei3 [ daai6 haa6].

In 1962 Hong Kong, newspaper editor Tony Leung and his wife moved into a building populated by Shanghainese,

差不多caa1 m4 do1almost
時間si4 gaan3time
搬入黎bun1 jap6 lai4Move into
年輕nin4 hing1Young
美麗mei5 lai6beautiful
日資jat6 zi1Japanese funded
公司gung1 si1company
丈夫zoeng6 fu1husband

[差唔多] [時間] [搬入黎] 既仲有 [年輕] [美麗] 既陳太太Maggie Cheung同佢既喺 [日資] [公司] 返工既 [丈夫]。

[ caa1 m4 do1] [ si4 gaan3] [ bun1 jap6 lai4]  gei3 zung6 jau5 [ nin4 hing1] [ mei5 lai6]  gei3 can4 taai3 taai2Maggie Cheung tung4 keoi5 gei3 hai2 [ jat6 zi1] [ gung1 si1]  faan1 gung1 gei3 [ zoeng6 fu1].

around the same time as the young and beautiful Chen’s wife, Maggie Cheung, and her husband, who worked for a Japanese company.

發現faat3 jin6Discover
配偶pui3 ngau5spouse
婚外情fan1 ngoi6 cing4extramarital affair

佢地同時[發現] 自己既 [配偶] 同對方既 [配偶] 有 [婚外情],

keoi5 dei6 tung4 si4[ faat3 jin6]  zi6 gei2 gei3 [ pui3 ngau5]  tung4 deoi3 fong1 gei3 [ pui3 ngau5]  jau5 [fan1 ngoi6 cing4]

They discovered at the same time that their spouses were having an extramarital affair with the other spouse.