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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希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
拉倒 拉倒 lā dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
菜鸟 菜鳥 cài niǎo (coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie; beginner; newbie Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
排面 排面 pái miàn a row of things facing oneself (esp. a row of products on a shelf facing customers in a store); (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) ostentation; showiness; impressiveness Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
黄埔 黃埔 Huáng pǔ Huangpu District, Guangzhou; Whampoa (old transliteration); Guangdong Harbor Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
中华人民共和国 中華人民共和國 Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó People's Republic of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
做完 做完 zuò wán to finish; to complete the task ∼HSK 2
听懂 聽懂 tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
了知 了知 liǎo zhī (Buddhism) to fully understand; to understand completely ∼HSK 2
接客 接客 jiē kè to receive guests; to receive patrons (of prostitutes) ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
选中 選中 xuǎn zhòng to select; to choose; to decide on ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2
脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
亮灯 亮燈 liàng dēng to turn on a light; (of a light) to light up ∼HSK 2
大姐头 大姐頭 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader; female boss; big sister ∼HSK 2
生水 生水 shēng shuǐ unboiled water ∼HSK 2
款 款 kuǎn item, article; clause; fund ∼HSK 2