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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| 美金 美金 | US dollar; USD | |
| 天真 天真 | naive; innocent; artless | |
| 孙子 孫子 | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 | |
| 童年 童年 | childhood | |
| 老虎 老虎 | tiger | |
| 赞成 贊成 | to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist | |
| 录取 錄取 | to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate) | |
| 前途 前途 | prospects; future outlook; journey | |
| 渐渐 漸漸 | gradually | |
| 奋斗 奮鬥 | to strive; to struggle | |
| 阿姨 阿姨 | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) | |
| 阅读 閱讀 | to read; reading | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 相处 相處 | to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly) | |
| 电梯 電梯 | elevator; escalator | |
| 大楼 大樓 | building (a relatively large, multistory one) | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 末 末 | tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man | |
| 约会 約會 | appointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet | |
| 减 減 | to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 帽子 帽子 | hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 眼泪 眼淚 | tears; crying | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 亚洲 亞洲 | Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) | |
| 培养 培養 | to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) | |
| 摇 搖 | to shake; to rock; to row; to crank | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 想念 想念 | to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again | |
| 巧克力 巧克力 | chocolate (loanword) | |
| 勇敢 勇敢 | brave; courageous | |
| 闪 閃 | to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine | |
| 禁止 禁止 | to prohibit; to forbid; to ban | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 祝福 祝福 | blessings; to wish sb well | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 法官 法官 | judge (in court) | |
| 黄金 黃金 | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 有趣 有趣 | interesting; fascinating; amusing | |
| 资源 資源 | Ziyuan county in Guilin 林, Guangxi | |
| 阻止 阻止 | to prevent; to block | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 奖 獎 | prize; award; encouragement | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 号码 號碼 | number |