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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| 有一次 有一次 | once; once upon a time | |
| 第二天 第二天 | next day; the morrow | |
| 做人 做人 | to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 欢喜 歡喜 | happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of | |
| 好日子 好日子 | auspicious day; good day; happy life | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 听来 聽來 | to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc); to ring (true); to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression); to hear from somewhere | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 百分 百分 | percent; percentage | |
| 会考 會考 | unified examination | |
| 高分 高分 | high marks; high score | |
| 放出 放出 | to let off; to give out | |
| 上第 上第 | top notch; highest quality | |
| 做工 做工 | to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship | |
| 起跑 起跑 | to start running; the start of a race | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 候 候 | wait; expect; visit; greet | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 三次 三次 | third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) | |
| 考进 考進 | to gain entry by passing an exam; to be admitted to (a college etc) | |
| 学妹 學妹 | junior or younger female schoolmate | |
| 桌 桌 | table, desk, stand | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 从医 從醫 | to work as a doctor | |
| 下一个 下一個 | the next one | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every | |
| 水电 水電 | hydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 大钱 大錢 | large sum of money; old Chinese type of coin of high denomination | |
| 走去 走去 | to walk over (to) | |
| 罹难 罹難 | to die in an accident or disaster; to be killed | |
| 没有事 沒有事 | not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening | |
| 分行 分行 | branch of bank or store; subsidiary bank | |
| 习 習 | practice; flapping wings | |
| 有的没有的 有的沒有的 | trivial (matters); triviality; nonsense; rubbish | |
| 打瞌睡 打瞌睡 | to doze off | |
| 老爸 老爸 | father; dad | |
| 说中 說中 | to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly | |
| 想睡 想睡 | drowsy; sleepy | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 一二 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 三八 三八 | International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid | |
| 想想看 想想看 | to think about it |