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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| 正妹 正妹 | (Tw) beautiful woman; sexy woman | |
| 有钱人 有錢人 | rich person; the rich | |
| 用钱 用錢 | to spend money | |
| 年月 年月 | months and year; time; days of one's life | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 跑来跑去 跑來跑去 | to scamper; to run around | |
| 七十 七十 | seventy; 70 | |
| 住客 住客 | hotel guest; tenant | |
| 五行 五行 | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 | |
| 三点水 三點水 | name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) | |
| 有次 有次 | once; on one occasion | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 吃坏 吃壞 | to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating | |
| 在下 在下 | under; myself (humble) | |
| 男友 男友 | boyfriend | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 笑柄 笑柄 | a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 有一次 有一次 | once; once upon a time | |
| 小妹 小妹 | little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 客 客 | guest, traveller; customer | |
| 对开 對開 | running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc) | |
| 出没 出沒 | to come and go; to roam about; (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set | |
| 在地 在地 | (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) | |
| 试想 試想 | to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it:...") | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 叫车 叫車 | to call a cab (by phone); to request a ride (via an app) | |
| 吃奶 吃奶 | to suck the breast (for milk) | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 快进 快進 | fast-forward (media player) | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 跑出 跑出 | to run out | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 小女 小女 | my daughter (humble) | |
| 一家人 一家人 | household; the whole family | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 后天 後天 | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori | |
| 关上 關上 | to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) | |
| 弟 弟 | younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) | |
| 小朋友 小朋友 | child | |
| 开会 開會 | to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting | |
| 生病 生病 | to fall ill | |
| 中学 中學 | middle school |