Paradise in Service

Paradise in Service 2014

军中乐园 jūn zhōng lèyuán

Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service" follows the adventure of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972, in preparation for a war that could erupt anytime. Through an unlucky lottery draw result, Pao, a twenty-something young man from Southern Taiwan has to serve the military in the remote and perilous Kinmen. Moreover, he is assigned to the Sea Dragon (ARB), a unit noted for the toughest physical training. It never occurs to Pao, however, that the greatest challenge in his military service lies not in the Sea Dragon but in Unit 831, a special task he is later appointed to… In this peculiar assignment, Pao vows to keep his virginity against all odds.

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4.04 Intermediate Director Doze Niu Cheng-Tse IMDb 6.7

Cast

Ethan Juan Ethan Juan Lo Pao-tai Wan Qian Wan Qian Nini Ivy Chen Ivy Chen Jiao Chen Jianbin Chen Jianbin Chang Yung-shan Phoebe Lin Phoebe Lin The No.3 Girl Miao Ke-li Miao Ke-li Cher Chen Yi-wen Chen Yi-wen Colonel Yu Daniel Chen Daniel Chen Yung Edison Wang Edison Wang Chung Hua-Hsing Liu Kai-Chi Liu Kai-Chi

Vocabulary

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无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family Idiom ∼HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
金门 金門 Jīn mén Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan; Jinmen county in Quanzhou, Fujian, PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
厦门 廈門 Xià mén Xiamen, sub-provincial city in Fujian Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
国防部 國防部 Guó fáng bù Defense Department; Ministry of National Defense Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒋介石 蔣介石 Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
金边 金邊 Jīn biān Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
东南亚 東南亞 Dōng nán yà Southeast Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc; to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
梯 梯 tī ladder, steps, stairs; lean ∼HSK 3
耶 耶 yē used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
男女关系 男女關係 nán nǚ guān xì man-woman connection; intimate relationship ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
未能 未能 wèi néng cannot; to fail to; unable to ∼HSK 3
吵吵 吵吵 chāo chao to make a racket; to quarrel ∼HSK 3
右转 右轉 yòu zhuǎn to turn right ∼HSK 3
齐步 齊步 qí bù to match (sb's) stride ∼HSK 3
热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology) ∼HSK 3
救星 救星 jiù xīng savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
帮派 幫派 bāng pài gang; faction ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
整日 整日 zhěng rì all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 3
相干 相干 xiāng gān relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent ∼HSK 3
展 展 Zhǎn open, unfold; stretch, extend ∼HSK 3
报上 報上 bào shàng in the newspaper ∼HSK 3
成亲 成親 chéng qīn to get married ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
好使 好使 hǎo shǐ easy to use; to function well; so that; in order to ∼HSK 3
抗日 抗日 kàng Rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) ∼HSK 3
把头 把頭 bǎ tóu labor contractor; gangmaster ∼HSK 3
修好 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
在台 在臺 zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
没多久 沒多久 méi duō jiǔ before long; soon after ∼HSK 3
整夜 整夜 zhěng yè the whole night; all through the night ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3