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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下水 下水 xià shuǐ downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot ∼HSK 1
放行 放行 fàng xíng to let pass ∼HSK 1
五号 五號 wǔ hào the fifth; fifth day of a month ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
几号 幾號 jǐ hào (slang) heroin ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
妓女 妓女 jì nǚ prostitute; hooker ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
昙花 曇花 tán huā Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) ∼HSK 1
匍匐前进 匍匐前進 pú fú qián jìn to crawl forward ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
上西天 上西天 shàng xī tiān (Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise; (fig.) to die ∼HSK 1
人从 人從 rén cóng retinue; hangers-on ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
三八 三八 sān bā International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
慢走 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
忙不过来 忙不過來 máng bù guò lái to have more work than one can deal with; to have one's hands full ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
打水 打水 dǎ shuǐ to draw water; to splash water ∼HSK 1
找零 找零 zhǎo líng to give change (after a cash transaction); the change (money) given back ∼HSK 1
阁楼 閣樓 gé lóu garret; loft; attic ∼HSK 1
二号 二號 èr hào 2nd day of the month ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
五毛 五毛 wǔ máo fifty cents (0.5 RMB); (fig.) paltry sum of money; hired Internet commenter ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
买下 買下 mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
上回 上回 shàng huí last time; the previous time ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
有一次 有一次 yǒu yī cì once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1
多个 多個 duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1