Paradise in Service

Paradise in Service 2014

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

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wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc HSK 2
tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) HSK 2
rán hòu then; after that; afterwards HSK 2
shì qing affair; matter; thing; business HSK 2
other; (sth or sb) else; the rest HSK 2
cháng length; long; forever; always; constantly HSK 2
ér qiě (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore HSK 2
suǒ yǒu all; to have; to possess; to own HSK 2
míng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people HSK 2
chéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth HSK 2
first; number one; primary HSK 2
yào don't!; must not HSK 2
guò only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) HSK 2
zhí straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through HSK 2
shēng huó to live; life; livelihood HSK 2
dìng surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must HSK 2
jiā everyone; influential family; great expert HSK 2
xiàn to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery HSK 2
dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential HSK 2
yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
suǒ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) HSK 2
xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
wèn question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
jīng already HSK 2
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
duō xiè many thanks; thanks a lot Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
exultation Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
kuài unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
hǎo tīng pleasant to hear Xiehouyu HSK 1