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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| 懒散 懶散 | indolent; negligent; slack | |
| 家计 家計 | family livelihood; a household's economic situation; family property | |
| 临演 臨演 | an extra (in a movie) | |
| 蹲下 蹲下 | to squat down; to crouch | |
| 哀嚎 哀嚎 | to howl in grief; anguished wailing; same as | |
| 洋人 洋人 | foreigner; Westerner | |
| 积木 積木 | toy building blocks | |
| 验票 驗票 | to check tickets | |
| 阿扁 阿扁 | A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian | |
| 心肝 心肝 | darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity | |
| 作伴 作伴 | to accompany; to keep sb company | |
| 壁癌 壁癌 | persistent mold on the wall; efflorescence | |
| 魔王 魔王 | demon king | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 爹地 爹地 | daddy (loanword) | |
| 消灾 消災 | to avoid calamities | |
| 汗珠 汗珠 | beads of sweat | |
| 独处 獨處 | to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other) | |
| 考题 考題 | exam question | |
| 上班族 上班族 | office workers (as social group) | |
| 冷气 冷氣 | air conditioning (Tw) | |
| 补习 補習 | to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor | |
| 皮球 皮球 | ball (made of rubber, leather etc) | |
| 公鸡 公雞 | cock; rooster | |
| 修车 修車 | to repair a bike (car etc) | |
| 造反 造反 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 只顾 只顧 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | |
| 大批 大批 | large quantities of | |
| 麦克风 麥克風 | microphone (loanword) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 茄子 茄子 | eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese" | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 傍晚 傍晚 | in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk | |
| 笑脸 笑臉 | smiling face; smiley :) ☺ | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 强壮 強壯 | strong; sturdy; robust | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 薪水 薪水 | salary; wage | |
| 平凡 平凡 | commonplace; ordinary; mediocre | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 急救 急救 | to give emergency treatment; first aid | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 同胞 同胞 | born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 游行 遊行 | to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam | |
| 心脏病 心臟病 | heart disease | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to |