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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| 把玩 把玩 | to turn around in one's hands; to play with; to fiddle with | |
| 好强 好強 | eager to be first | |
| 道台 道臺 | (Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit), aka taotai and circuit intendant | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 缺角 缺角 | (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing; (fig.) to lack something; missing piece | |
| 合照 合照 | group photo; to take a group photo | |
| 阿爸 阿爸 | Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel | |
| 光束 光束 | light beam | |
| 退休金 退休金 | retirement pay; pension | |
| 留学 留學 | to study abroad | |
| 房租 房租 | rent for a room or house | |
| 功课 功課 | homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study | |
| 志愿 志願 | aspiration; ambition; to volunteer | |
| 搬家 搬家 | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) | |
| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 吵架 吵架 | to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel | |
| 文学 文學 | literature | |
| 迎接 迎接 | to welcome; to greet | |
| 身份证 身份證 | identity card; ID | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 沙发 沙發 | sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post | |
| 好奇 好奇 | inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 属 屬 | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 退休 退休 | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 数学 數學 | mathematics; mathematical | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 石油 石油 | oil; petroleum | |
| 愿望 願望 | desire; wish | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 整理 整理 | to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 退出 退出 | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) | |
| 工厂 工廠 | factory | |
| 个性 個性 | individuality; personality | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 坚强 堅強 | staunch; strong | |
| 全面 全面 | all-around; comprehensive; total; overall | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 庆祝 慶祝 | to celebrate | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet |