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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| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | evening meal; dinner; supper | |
| 哪些 哪些 | which ones?; who?; what? | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 下班 下班 | to finish work; to get off work | |
| 新年 新年 | New Year | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 开车 開車 | to drive a car | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 工人 工人 | worker | |
| 知识 知識 | knowledge; intellectual | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 女生 女生 | schoolgirl; female student; girl | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 房间 房間 | room | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest |