Aberdeen 2014
人间·小团圆
The extended Cheng family, which, like Aberdeen harbor's Chinese namesake, represents today's Little Hong Kong and its myriad of contradictions between traditions and modernity; superstitions and materialism; family and individuality.
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Vocabulary
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| 警 警 | guard, watch; alert, alarm | |
| 莎 莎 | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats | |
| 假牙 假牙 | false teeth; dentures | |
| 顶住 頂住 | to withstand; to stand up to | |
| 移开 移開 | to move away | |
| 丹 丹 | cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) | |
| 饭局 飯局 | dinner party; banquet | |
| 纸巾 紙巾 | paper towel; napkin; facial tissue | |
| 逛街 逛街 | to take a walk; to window-shop; to stroll down the street | |
| 脱掉 脫掉 | to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off | |
| 打底 打底 | to lay a foundation (also fig.); to make a first sketch; to eat sth before drinking; to apply an undercoat | |
| 沙包 沙包 | sandbag; punching bag (trad. filled with sand); sand dune; footbag; hacky sack | |
| 引爆 引爆 | to ignite; to detonate | |
| 芝士蛋糕 芝士蛋糕 | cheesecake | |
| 戚 慼 | relative; be related to; sad | |
| 署 署 | public office | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 模特儿 模特兒 | (fashion) model (loanword) | |
| 红包 紅包 | money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe | |
| 汽水 汽水 | soda pop; carbonated soft drink | |
| 看不起 看不起 | to look down upon; to despise | |
| 健身房 健身房 | gym; gymnasium | |
| 邮局 郵局 | post office | |
| 点名 點名 | roll call; to mention sb by name; (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name | |
| 预订 預訂 | to place an order; to book ahead | |
| 得意 得意 | proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent | |
| 数码 數碼 | number; numerals; figures; digital; amount; numerical code | |
| 安置 安置 | to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement | |
| 沉重 沉重 | heavy; hard; serious; critical | |
| 童年 童年 | childhood | |
| 楼梯 樓梯 | stair; staircase | |
| 待遇 待遇 | treatment; pay; salary; status; rank | |
| 说不定 說不定 | can't say for sure; maybe | |
| 尽力 盡力 | to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort | |
| 乐趣 樂趣 | delight; pleasure; joy | |
| 胖子 胖子 | fat person; fatty | |
| 尺 尺 | one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 | |
| 青春 青春 | youth; youthfulness | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 减肥 減肥 | to lose weight | |
| 护士 護士 | nurse | |
| 拍照 拍照 | to take a picture | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 假如 假如 | if | |
| 过分 過分 | excessive; undue; overly | |
| 财富 財富 | wealth; riches | |
| 夫妇 夫婦 | a (married) couple; husband and wife | |
| 平静 平靜 | tranquil; undisturbed; serene | |
| 摇 搖 | to shake; to rock; to row; to crank |