PhD thesis final - Royal Holloway, University of London

GLOSSARYAlishanA YiChu wai renDa diDa lu renDiu lianGu zao renJian mu yaMa jiangMian ziMi-Le BuddhaQuanxiShao nai naiShi fuSu siouTai ganTai liuTai maTai shangTai taiTeppanyakiTong baoWai sheng renXiao quYang rou luYou quaiZhu waiA-Li mountain (Taiwan)Female domestic workerPeople who live and/or work in a place far away from homeTake taxiPRC Chinese; the MainlanderLose facePeople who live in the pastGinger duck with rice wineA ancient Chinese gameFaceA Buddhist GodInterpersonal relationsNoblewoman ; female socialiteMasterSuzhou embroidery; Su embroideryTaiwanese cadre in China-based Taiwanese companiesTaiwanese people who go to China to do business, but end upbankrupt or losing their jobs and living in idleness.Taiwanese motherTaiwanese business peopleWife; married womenA style of Japanese cuisineFellow citizensMainlanders who came to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil WarNeighbourhoodLamb hotpotTurn rightExpatriate personnel10