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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| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 工具 工具 | tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc) | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 积极 積極 | active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive | |
| 游 遊 | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 形象 形象 | image; form; figure; visualization; vivid | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 时刻 時刻 | time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 制造 製造 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 满足 滿足 | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 各种 各種 | every kind of; all kinds of; various | |
| 美好 美好 | beautiful; fine | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 创造 創造 | to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record) | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 按照 按照 | according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 感受 感受 | to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience |