Learn Mandarin From Movies - 後來的我們 (Us & Them) - Advanced Lesson (v) - Trad. Characters.

Learn Mandarin From Movies Series is a push increase awareness of fun Chinese movies that can help you improve your Mandarin Chinese level.

For the third part of the lesson for the movie, 后来的我们 (Us & Them), we proceed to the Advanced Level.

後來的我們 (Us and Them) is a Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Taiwanese singer-actress Rene Liu. The story follows two strangers who met on a train, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually drifted apart. After 10 years of separation, they reconnected and reflect on their love for each other.

Key Vocabulary:
過來人 - guòláirén - an experienced person; sb who has 'been around (the block)'; sb who has personally experienced it
走彎路 - zǒuwānlù - to take an indirect route
處對象 - chùduìxiàng - to be in a relationship
摸清 - muōqīng - to figure out
背景 - bèijǐng - background; backdrop; context
來路 - láilù - incoming road; origin; past history
祖宗八輩 - zǔzōngbābèi - generations of ancestors
攔 - lán - to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
除夕 - Chúxī - lunar New Year's Eve
地兒 - dìr5 - place