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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| 作出 作出 | to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract | |
| 巧克力 巧克力 | chocolate (loanword) | |
| 地下 地下 | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 自信 自信 | to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 财产 財產 | property; assets; estate | |
| 有趣 有趣 | interesting; fascinating; amusing | |
| 维持 維持 | to keep; to maintain; to preserve | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 居民 居民 | resident; inhabitant | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 减少 減少 | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower | |
| 士兵 士兵 | soldier | |
| 吸 吸 | to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 检测 檢測 | to detect; to test; detection; sensing | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 冰 冰 | ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine | |
| 呼吸 呼吸 | to breathe | |
| 尽快 儘快 | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible | |
| 无聊 無聊 | bored; boring; senseless | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 发挥 發揮 | to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 切 切 | to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential | |
| 角色 角色 | role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè] | |
| 稳定 穩定 | steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 空间 空間 | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 于是 於是 | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | |
| 资料 資料 | material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet) | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character |