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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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