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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| 甲 甲 | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 青 青 | abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province | |
| 蛋糕 蛋糕 | cake | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 证实 證實 | to confirm (sth to be true); to verify | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 邀请 邀請 | to invite; invitation | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 版 版 | a register; block of printing; edition; version; page | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 拥有 擁有 | to have; to possess | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 | to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort | Idiom |
| 星球大战 星球大戰 | Star Wars | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 男同 男同 | gay guy (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 英军 英軍 | British army | Proper Noun |
| 日军 日軍 | Japanese army; Japanese troops | Proper Noun |
| 卢卡斯 盧卡斯 | Lucas (name) | Proper Noun |
| 湾仔 灣仔 | Wan Chai district of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |