Paradise in Service 2014
军中乐园
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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Vocabulary
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| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 接下来 接下來 | to accept; to take; next; following | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 公里 公里 | kilometer | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 单位 單位 | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 骑 騎 | to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 红色 紅色 | red (color); revolutionary | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 司机 司機 | chauffeur; driver | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 态度 態度 | manner; bearing; attitude; approach | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 明星 明星 | star; celebrity | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking |