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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| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 有本事 有本事 | to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever,..., if she's so tough,... etc; Example: Hit me if you dare! | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 奶子 奶子 | (coll.) milk; (coll.) breast; booby; tit | Colloquialism |
| 子儿 子兒 | (coll.) penny; buck | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 十一 十一 | PRC National Day (October 1st) | Proper Noun |
| 中正 中正 | adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek | Proper Noun |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 一二 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 兴 興 | thrive, prosper, flourish | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 奶奶的 奶奶的 | damn it!; blast it! | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 下一个 下一個 | the next one | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every |