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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| 想想看 想想看 | to think about it | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 课文 課文 | text | |
| 请进 請進 | "please come in" | |
| 包子 包子 | bao (steamed stuffed bun) | |
| 课本 課本 | textbook | |
| 书包 書包 | schoolbag; satchel; bookbag | |
| 后天 後天 | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori | |
| 车票 車票 | ticket (for a bus or train) | |
| 放学 放學 | to dismiss students at the end of the school day | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 下车 下車 | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 楼上 樓上 | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 有用 有用 | useful | |
| 北京 北京 | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China | |
| 小朋友 小朋友 | child | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 大学生 大學生 | university student; college student | |
| 生病 生病 | to fall ill | |
| 楼下 樓下 | downstairs | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 小学 小學 | elementary school; primary school | |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | evening meal; dinner; supper | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 上课 上課 | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 唱歌 唱歌 | to sing a song | |
| 火车 火車 | train | |
| 男生 男生 | schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male) | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 起床 起床 | to get out of bed; to get up | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart |