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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| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 一大早 一大早 | at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 下车 下車 | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 楼上 樓上 | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread | |
| 马路 馬路 | street; road | |
| 楼下 樓下 | downstairs | |
| 小学 小學 | elementary school; primary school | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 零 零 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 女朋友 女朋友 | girlfriend | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 门口 門口 | doorway; gate | |
| 奶 奶 | breast; milk; to breastfeed | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 起床 起床 | to get out of bed; to get up | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 旁边 旁邊 | side; adjacent place | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 生日 生日 | birthday | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 动作 動作 | movement; motion; action; to act; to move | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 房间 房間 | room | |
| 毛 毛 | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles |