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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| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 成就 成就 | accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about | |
| 性格 性格 | nature; disposition; temperament; character | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 导演 導演 | to direct; director (film etc) | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 防 防 | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 观察 觀察 | to observe; to watch; to survey | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 杂志 雜誌 | magazine | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 演 演 | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 消失 消失 | to disappear; to fade away | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 宣布 宣佈 | to declare; to announce; to proclaim | |
| 代 代 | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 增加 增加 | to raise; to increase | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 感受 感受 | to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 集中 集中 | to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together | |
| 美丽 美麗 | beautiful |