Citizen One (49 page)
Authors: Andy Oakes
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Ankang
Mental hospital / penal facility.
Ashi
Acupuncture point accessed by fingers during massage.
A-yi
Maid.
Cadre or ganbu
Someone in a position of leadership.
Cao-mu jie-bing
‘The dead cat turned.’ / To take a chance or call a bluff.
Cheng -fen
Family origin.
Dahu
‘New money people’ / The new rich.
Danwei
Workplace / Work unit, where in society you belong.
Dao-mei
‘Rotten luck’ / menstruation (derogatory term used about women)
Dim sum
Cantonese buffet style ‘snack’ meal.
Fanshen
‘To turn over’ / revolution.
Fen
Chinese currency (coins)
Fen-chu
PSB Divisional Headquarters.
Gongchandang
Communist Party.
Guang guan
‘Bare branches’ / street name for young unmarried men.
Guan-xi
Black market / backdoor deals.
Hongcha
Red leafed tea, known in the West as black tea.
Hong-qi
‘Red Flag’ – Hand built, high status Chinese car.
Hou-men-piao
‘Back door tickets’ / euphemism for toilet paper.
Jiaozi
Ravioli.
Jiang
River.
Jiudi jiejue
Summary Resolution.
Ku-hai yu-sheng
‘Alive in the bitter sea’. A Buddhist adage about survival.
Kuomintang
National Party, headed by Chiang Kai-shek.
Lao gai
‘Reform through labour’/ labour camp.
Lao jiao
‘Reform through education’ / labour camp.
Liu-mang
Hooligan, petty thief.
Long
Alley.
Lucha
Green Tea.
Lu
Road.
Luxingshe
Agency that deals with and monitors tourists.
Mantou
Steamed rolls.
Maotai
Strong alcoholic spirit distilled from must of corn and sorghum.
Mei ming
No name.
Nemma bai nemma pang
‘So white, so fat’ / compliment to a healthy baby.
Ni-ai
‘Drown with love’ / spoil.
‘Ni nar’
‘Who are you’? / ‘Where are you’?
Pa ma-fan
To fear trouble.
Panda Brand
Chinese cigarettes.
Patuo
District / borough.
PLA
People’s Liberation Army.
PSB
Public Security Bureau.
Renao
Hot and Spicy.
Shar-pei
‘Sand Skin’ – Chinese breed of dog.
Shen-jing shuai-ro
‘Weakness of the nerves’ / depression or anxiety.
Shou fa
Hand techniques used in massage.
‘Spilt Water’
Derogatory term for a baby girl.
Tai ji
Ancient form of callisthenics.
Taijiquan
Chinese boxing.
Tai zis
Princelings. The sons of high cadre.
Ta ma de
A mother related profanity (the national swear word)
Tong zhi
Comrade.
Tsingtao
Chinese brand of beer.
Tu-fei
Bandits.
Wai-guo-ren
‘external country persons’
Wangba dan
‘Turtle’s egg’ / a mother related swear word.
Wawayu
A fish / salamander, that cries like a baby when caught.
Wuliangye
Alcoholic spirit made from millet, sorghum, rice, and grass.
Wushu
Kungfu.
Wu-wei
To do nothing or action through inaction.
Xiao-dao xiao-xi
‘Little road news’ / Hearing things on the grapevine.
Xiao-xu
‘Small Group’. Political study groups of ten members.
Xiu-xi
Siesta / lunch time nap.
Xunhuacha
Perfumed tea.
Yang-gui-zi
“foreign devils”
Yeh-ji
‘Wild Pheasant’ – Prostitute.
Yuan
Chinese currency.
Zhau-dai-suo
Dacha / villa.
Andy Oakes was born in 1952 and is the son of a professional football player and an academic. After his ‘A’ levels he worked as an engineer in the defence industry. His work with young people, on a voluntary basis, led to him producing a photographic study of youth in the inner-city for the Gulbenkian Foundation and a career as a professional photographer. Having created a photographic retail franchise business with a staff of 12 and a turnover of over one million pounds, he trained to be a Youth Counsellor. He now lives in East Sussex and works with young people, specialising in alcohol and substance abuse.
He is the author of two novels,
Dragon’s Eye
and
Citizen One
.
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First published by Dedalus in 2007
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