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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| 通电话 通電話 | to phone sb up | |
| 一周 一週 | one week; all the way around; a whole cycle | |
| 蓝莓 藍莓 | blueberry | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 座头鲸 座頭鯨 | humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) | |
| 头七 頭七 | the 7th day after a person's death; the first 7-day period after a person's death | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 帮倒忙 幫倒忙 | to be more of a hindrance than a help | |
| 孩 孩 | baby, child; children | |
| 大腿 大腿 | thigh | |
| 不太 不太 | Not too | |
| 饺子 餃子 | dumpling; pot-sticker | |
| 送到 送到 | Deliver | |
| 目的地 目的地 | destination (location) | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 东方 東方 | east | |
| 饱 飽 | to eat till full; satisfied | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 忽然 忽然 | suddenly; all of a sudden | |
| 西方 西方 | the West; the Occident; Western countries | |
| 阴 陰 | overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 晚餐 晚餐 | evening meal; dinner | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 洗澡 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 做法 做法 | way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice | |
| 广场 廣場 | public square; plaza | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 感动 感動 | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving | |
| 教师 教師 | teacher | |
| 家长 家長 | head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 角 角 | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 地球 地球 | the earth | |
| 成绩 成績 | achievement; performance records; grades | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 司机 司機 | chauffeur; driver |