tong chih: |
comrade (17) |
ni hao ma? |
how are you? (21) |
Shie-shie: |
thank you (21) |
Haolaiwu: |
Hollywood (26, 117) |
ch’yun: |
breath resonance (29) |
huanying: |
welcome (33) |
hsi-yi: |
style of freehand brushwork (36) |
jie jie: |
older sister (65, 161) |
danwei: |
work unit (68) |
hukou: |
residency permit (68) |
yu: |
fish (74) |
Kumei: |
name that means bitter sister (75) |
Lao Da Ge: |
Old Big Brother (83) |
hai pah: |
sense of style (109) |
ai jen: |
beloved (121, 323) |
lo fan: |
Literally translation- “white ghosts”; Figurative translation- “foreigners” (126) |
guan-hsi: |
connections (128, 186, 291) |
nui-she-ge-da: |
cow turds (156) |
hsin yan: |
Literal translation- heart eye ; mean mind or intention ; Good interpretation-kindhearted, negative interpretation-tricky (172, 266) |
mu: |
Old Chinese unit of measurement (196, 197, 202, 216) |
jin: |
unit of weight in China, also called a “Catty” (196, 197, 202, 255, 256, 261, 282) |
erhu: |
Chinese violin (199, 310) |
tuanyuan: |
reunion (203) |
mao tai: |
a fiery liquor (204) |
en ren: |
benefactor (221) |
dichu: |
landowner (221) |
yen-yen: |
grandmother (231, 259) |
Ah Fu: |
Good Fortune (258) |
Pan-di: |
Hope-for-a-Brother (258) |
hong: |
red (266) |
guang: |
bright (266) |
liang: |
shining (266) |
hong yen bing: |
red eye disease ; envy (266) |
I Tzu, Erh Shih: |
Swap Child, Make Food (285) |
Kung-ai: |
encompassing love (323) |
ai kuo: |
love for the country and its people (323) |
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