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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笼 籠 lóng cage; cage-like basket ∼HSK 5
翅 翄 chì wings; fin ∼HSK 5
钢筋 鋼筋 gāng jīn steel reinforcing bar ∼HSK 5
饿鬼 餓鬼 è guǐ sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost ∼HSK 5
驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend ∼HSK 5
军医 軍醫 jūn yī military doctor ∼HSK 5
拗 抝 ào to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower); bent, warped; perverse, obstinate ∼HSK 5
装傻 裝傻 zhuāng shǎ to act stupid; to pretend to be naive ∼HSK 5
将士 將士 jiàng shì officers and soldiers ∼HSK 5
猴急 猴急 hóu jí impatient; to be in a rush (to do sth); anxious; fretful; agitated ∼HSK 5
我操 我操 wǒ cào (substitute for) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 5
放屁 放屁 fàng pì to fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense; Utter rubbish! ∼HSK 5
梆 梆 bāng watchman's rattle ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
冒出来 冒出來 mào chū lái to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere ∼HSK 5
承欢 承歡 chéng huān to cater to sb to make them happy (esp. of one's parents) ∼HSK 5
不孝 不孝 bù xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
孝道 孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter ∼HSK 5
无谓 無謂 wú wèi pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
跌倒 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) ∼HSK 5
逃兵 逃兵 táo bīng army deserter ∼HSK 5
节骨眼 節骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] ∼HSK 5
杠 槓 gāng lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen ∼HSK 5
链子 鏈子 liàn zi chain ∼HSK 5
抢走 搶走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
手榴弹 手榴彈 shǒu liú dàn hand grenade ∼HSK 5
岗 崗 gāng post; position ∼HSK 5
鬼子 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders); (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
殃 殃 yāng misfortune, disaster, calamity ∼HSK 5
兔崽子 兔崽子 tù zǎi zi brat; bastard ∼HSK 5
硬是 硬是 yìng shì just; simply; stubbornly; really ∼HSK 5
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) ∼HSK 5
军民 軍民 jūn mín army-civilian; military-masses; military-civilian ∼HSK 5
服刑 服刑 fú xíng to serve a prison sentence ∼HSK 5
赦免 赦免 shè miǎn to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment ∼HSK 5
投递 投遞 tóu dì to deliver ∼HSK 5
义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
质询 質詢 zhì xún to question; to enquire; interrogatory ∼HSK 5
脸盆 臉盆 liǎn pén washbowl; basin for washing hands and face HSK 5
虚心 虛心 xū xīn open-minded; humble HSK 5
两岸 兩岸 liǎng àn bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
心疼 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed HSK 5
香肠 香腸 xiāng cháng sausage HSK 5
剪刀 剪刀 jiǎn dāo scissors HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
风光 風光 fēng guāng scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) HSK 5