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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| 舂 舂 | grind in mortar | |
| 坎 坎 | pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis | |
| 榴弹 榴彈 | high explosive shell; grenade | |
| 兵营 兵營 | military camp; barracks | |
| 来福枪 來福槍 | rifle (loanword); also written 來復槍|来复枪 | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 军医 軍醫 | military doctor | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 慈 慈 | kind, charitable, benevolent | |
| 尊 尊 | honored | |
| 速 速 | fast | |
| 地府 地府 | hell; the nether world; Hades | |
| 凭什么 憑什麼 | (spoken) why?; for which reason? | |
| 搞定 搞定 | to fix; to settle; to wangle | |
| 搞不懂 搞不懂 | unable to make sense of (sth) | |
| 恶作剧 惡作劇 | practical joke; prank; to play a practical joke | |
| 神经病 神經病 | mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case | |
| 看清 看清 | to see clearly | |
| 豪门 豪門 | wealthy and influential family | |
| 胡说八道 胡說八道 | to talk rubbish | |
| 杀生 殺生 | to take the life of a living creature | |
| 平均值 平均值 | average value | |
| 战时 戰時 | wartime | |
| 光纤 光纖 | optical fiber; fiber optics | |
| 缘 緣 | karmic affinity | |
| 滑水 滑水 | water skiing; to water-ski | |
| 久之 久之 | for a long time | |
| 跤 跤 | stumble, fall down; wrestle | |
| 撞伤 撞傷 | bruise; bump | |
| 趾甲 趾甲 | toenail | |
| 亲生骨肉 親生骨肉 | one's own flesh and blood | |
| 咏 詠 | sing song or poem, hum, chant | |
| 冒失 冒失 | rash; impudent | |
| 翅 翄 | wings; fin | |
| 酿 釀 | brew, ferment | |
| 籽 籽 | seed, pip, pit, stone | |
| 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 | to have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda | |
| 柱 柱 | pillar, post; support; lean on | |
| 未有 未有 | is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented | |
| 谦 謙 | humble, modest | |
| 咬字 咬字 | to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate | |
| 装傻 裝傻 | to act stupid; to pretend to be naive | |
| 辉 輝 | brightness, luster, brilliance | |
| 计程车 計程車 | (Tw) taxi; cab | |
| 恶梦 惡夢 | nightmare | |
| 入行 入行 | to enter a profession | |
| 乳头 乳頭 | nipple | |
| 探测器 探測器 | detector; probe | |
| 伟 偉 | great, robust; extraordinary | |
| 稍等 稍等 | to wait a moment |