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First Episode 15, 中国式离婚 - Chinese Style Divorce
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roddy -
21st May: 中国式离婚 - marriage and divorce - mostly divorce - in modern China
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Emule
In this case, we can say 'here's one we made earlier' - here's a selection of quotes from when we
watched the first episode of this show some two and a half years ago. Anyone who keeps watching
will find threads for most if not all episodes at the bottom of this very forum.
Geraldc:Having now watched the first episode of 中国式离婚 in its entirety, the closest
western programs to it are "Cold feet" in the UK and "thirtysomething" from the US.
It's definitely watchable,
Roddy: 肖莉's pretty cute, I hope we get to see the girl the husband prefers . I don't think we
can rule out the possibility of some 肖莉 and 宋健平 action in the near future - shame on
you, 健平! But 小枫, don't nag so. And what about 当当 and the as yet unseen 妞妞 - puppy
love?
One bit I didn't quite get, is when 小枫 and 李先生 were having lunch and he forgot about the
favor he meant to do, he said 我小时候让猪亲了 - I was kissed by a pig when I was a kid. I
googled and there's a few examples of this but I can't quite figure it out - does being kissed by
a pig make you lose your memory?
Gougou: I liked it from the intro on (which hit a weak spot...). I also found it to be much easier
to understand than I expected (which does not mean I didn't need a dictionary in pretty much every
scene.)
And also viewing notes I typed up back then:
1) 1:00 We see Song Jianping and Lin Xiaofeng at their respective workplaces. Lin Xiaofeng talks
to a colleague, commenting that language teachers aren't in as much demand as maths teachers for
home tutoring (家教). Lin phones Song to remind him of a lunch meeting.
2) 4:08. Car crash (车祸). Victim Dongbei phones Song to ask for help.
3) 6:40. Song phones Lin but can't get through. He goes into the operating theater.
4) 7:51 Lin and Dangdang are waiting at the restaurant. The men are late, and they have to take a
larger room, meaning more expense. She asks for a discount. Cut between the operating room and the
big, empty restaurant.
5) 9:00 李先生 arrives. Lin hopes he can help Song get a better job, but Song still hasn't
arrived. 救人一命胜造7级浮屠 - better to save one life, than build a 7-storey pagoda.
下馆子 - eat out.
6) 10:00 Operating room. We find out the victim is Song's neighbour and 干儿子 - godson.
7) 11:00 Restaurant. Song asks Li to speak to his brother-in-law about helping Song move jobs. Li
has forgotten and says that when he was small he 让猪亲过. He makes a call.
8) 11:45: Song back at the hospital talking to a colleague about the music he listens to while
operating. 贝多芬, 肖邦 - Beathoven, Chopin. His colleague is surnamed 肖 and claims that
the 肖 family always produces talent. Song asks him if he knows what is the correct standard for
surgery (什么以这为标准) and answers his own question. Watch out for the perfume / actress
joke as they leave the hospital
9) 12:50. Restaurant. Li can't get through on the phone, but remembers he has heard the position
is already filled. He tells Lin that he is sure Song will be in demand at any hospital and
promises to ask around, then leaves.
10) 14:10Hospital canteen, Lin meets a retired director of the hospital 老赵who praises Song as
才华横溢 - full of wit and talent. Lin tells him he's still an ordinary doctory, with no
change since he retired - 跟你退的时候没什么两样, except that he is older. The director
complains about duck ribs being the same price regardless of size and suggests the canteen staff
weigh them. 物有所值 - get value for money. They argue, Lin intervenes and it becomes a
原则问题 - a question of principle. Director collapses.
11) 17:20 Song arrives home and helps an attractive woman (ah, we'll be seeing her again, I bet)
up the stairs with her bag.
12) 18:00 We meet Dangdang, who tells his dad mum's gone to the canteen.
13) 18:20 Back at the canteen, the ambulance arrives. After the director is stretchered away the
canteen woman ask Lin to stay and help her explain what happened, but Lin gets upset at being
called 阿姨.
14) 19.45 At home, Lin tells Song what happened. We hear the director's wife wailing outside.
15) 20:33 Later. 又怎么了 - what's wrong this time? She tells him the director worked all his
life and died arguing over the price of duck ribs and asks what the point is of staying at that
hospital, apart from reputation. She urges him to go to a joint-venture hospital - 合资医院
and tells him that his 3000Y isn't enough for them to 过好 - to live well. He offers her some
Chinese medicine to control her temper. Surprisingly he doesn't get slapped.
16) 23:27. Hospital. Song interrupts a card game, and after he's gone we get a hint of something
going on with him and 肖莉，but 肖 who we met before tells them to stop talking nonsense -
扯谈.
17) 24:49. Back with the woman who Song helped earlier.
18) 26:18 Lin and Dangdang.
19) 26:55 Previous woman - 肖莉? - and her husband. 妞妞 is mentioned, presumably their
daughter.
20) 28:00 Lin and Song going to bed. Song is friskier than Lin - 你不想我想, and Lin
complains about being called 阿姨 by the 丫头 (roughly 'wench') in the canteen She worries
about living a monotonous life 平平淡淡一辈子，like 老赵.
21) 30:15 Next day.
22) 30:55 Lin's mother calls to tell her her brother will visit.
23) 31:47 They meet him at the train station. Brother is called 小军. On the way home he
courageous rescues a woman from her violent husband. 我打我的老婆跟你有什么事 - what's
it to you if I hit my wife?.
24) 33:12 At Lin's mothers. Dangdang wants to sit next to (挨着) 小军. Song has to leave to
see a patient.
25) 34:49 Hospital. Song is seeing patients, including his neighbour who promises to sell his
motorbike after Song tells him he'll wind up taking a tour of all the other departments if he
keeps on riding. The neighbour has changed mobile phone number as he's avoiding a girl called
小丽 as he has 又换了新人了 - got a new one. Song asks why it's best to always tell a girl
she is your second girlfriend, rather than first or third.
26) 38:00 Lin and her mother talk about 老赵, and her mother tells her husband not to die first.
Lin speaks to her aunt (姑姑), who bought her up for a while, on the phone.
27) 40:05 Hospital. We see that woman again, she is 肖莉
28) 40:15 Minibus to the funeral for 老赵. 肖莉 can't make it because of work.
29) 41:50 Coming back, Song is asked if he's prepared for his application to attend an overseas
conference. He hasn't.
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imron -
Yep, this is a great series, and is far less predictable that one first imagines, with the plot
changing direction several times before the end. All in all a good watch.
gougou -
Quite true! However, the last, uber-dramatic episode was predicted in the discussion of, what was
it, episode 4?
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