On Happiness Road 2018
幸福路上
Chi earned her American dream after persevering with her studies in Taiwan. Following her grandmothers’ death, Chi returns to her family on Happiness Road, where she begins to feel nostalgic about her childhood and starts to contemplate the meaning of “life” and “home”. What is happiness? Will Chi find her own happiness?
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Vocabulary
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| 浮现 浮現 | to appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..) | |
| 下台 下臺 | to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 金子 金子 | gold | |
| 自如 自如 | unobstructed; unconstrained; smoothly; with ease; freely | |
| 上游 上游 | upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream | |
| 榨 搾 | to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc | |
| 飞翔 飛翔 | to circle in the air; to soar | |
| 胆子 膽子 | courage; nerve; guts | |
| 疤 疤 | scar; scab | |
| 示威 示威 | to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force | |
| 葱 蔥 | scallion; green onion | |
| 乐器 樂器 | musical instrument | |
| 当下 當下 | immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment | |
| 发财 發財 | to get rich | |
| 鸽子 鴿子 | pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae | |
| 缴 繳 | to hand in; to hand over; to seize | |
| 树木 樹木 | tree | |
| 黑白 黑白 | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 成年 成年 | to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year | |
| 虚伪 虛偽 | false; hypocritical; artificial; sham | |
| 点心 點心 | light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 宠 寵 | to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor | |
| 嚼 嚼 | to chew; also pr. [jué] | |
| 长相 長相 | appearance; looks; profile; countenance | |
| 解散 解散 | to dissolve; to disband | |
| 龟 龜 | tortoise; turtle | |
| 裂缝 裂縫 | crack; crevice | |
| 歹徒 歹徒 | evildoer; malefactor; gangster; hoodlum | |
| 打倒 打倒 | to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... ! | |
| 股市 股市 | stock market | |
| 改编 改編 | to adapt; to rearrange; to revise | |
| 卡通 卡通 | cartoon (loanword) | |
| 失落 失落 | to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss | |
| 心爱 心愛 | beloved | |
| 旅途 旅途 | journey; trip | |
| 集会 集會 | to gather; assembly; meeting | |
| 后退 後退 | to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat | |
| 追逐 追逐 | to chase; to pursue vigorously | |
| 骗人 騙人 | to cheat sb; a scam | |
| 胎儿 胎兒 | unborn child; fetus; embryo | |
| 王国 王國 | kingdom; realm | |
| 何处 何處 | whence; where | |
| 失眠 失眠 | to suffer from insomnia | |
| 可恶 可惡 | repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable | |
| 何况 何況 | let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more | |
| 通往 通往 | to lead to |