Short Scene 13: China and Taiwan

[StChris]

非诚勿扰, 49:25 - 53:45
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This one is from a film I watched a few days ago. This scene stuck out as a good one to study for a couple of reasons: firstly it's a man from Beijing talking to a woman from Taiwan, so it's a good opportunity to compare (there's also a little joke about this in the scene). There's also a part which jokes about the China/Taiwan situaution, which I didn't expect to see in a mainland film (the two important words to look out for are 沦陷 and 解放). Lastly there's a little car analogy at the end, see if you can get it.

气候        qi4hou4        climate
沦陷        lun2xian4        to fall into enemy hands (of a territory etc)
撤退        che4tui4        withdraw, pull out (the waitress in the coffee shop where I am now just offered to 撤 my finished plate, so I've just discovered that that single character can be used that way too)
解放        jie2fang4        liberate
角度        jiao3du4        point of view, angle
求同存异    qiu2tong2cun2yi4    seek common ground while reserving differences (let bygones be bygones)
普遍        pu3bian4        universal
价值观        jia4zhi2guan1        values (as in system of moral values)
认同        ren4tong2        identify with
慈悲        ci2bei1        mercy
仁爱        ren2ai4        kindheartedness
各界        ge4jie4        all walks of life
踊跃        yong3yue4        vying with one another, enthusiastically
捐款        juan1kuan3        donate money
同胞        tong2bao1        compatriot
孤儿        gu1er2            orphan
临死        lin2si3        at the point of death
烟气        yan4qi4        die (breathe one's last)
捕鱼        bu3yu4            feed, nurture
伟大        wei3da4        great, mighty
领养        ling3yang3        adopt (a child)
贵人多忘事    gui4ren2duo1wang4shi4    an eminent person has a short memory (this seems to be a good natured way to mock someone's bad memory)
中意        zhong4yi4        to one's liking
等于        deng3yu2        equivalent to
认可        ren4ke3        approve
奔驰        ben1chi2        Benz (car)
故障        gu4zhang4        breakdown, hitch
零件        ling2jian4        spare parts (of a machine)
承蒙        cheng2meng2        I'm very grateful/honoured that...
忍痛割爱    ren3tong4ge1ai4    reluctantly part with what one treasures