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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| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 国语 國語 | Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC | Proper Noun |
| 美国人 美國人 | American; American person; American people | Proper Noun |
| 上都 上都 | Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) | Proper Noun |
| 四月 四月 | April; fourth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 花莲 花蓮 | Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 说真的 說真的 | to tell the truth; honestly; in fact | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 爸妈 爸媽 | dad and mom | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 妈咪 媽咪 | mommy (loanword) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 坐好 坐好 | to sit properly; to sit up straight | |
| 二号 二號 | 2nd day of the month | |
| 椅 椅 | chair, seat | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 语 語 | language, words; saying, expression | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 做错 做錯 | to make an error | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 快进 快進 | fast-forward (media player) | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) |