Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind 1986

恋恋风尘 liànliàn fēngchén

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.

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3.68 Beginner Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 100%

Cast

Chien-wen Wang Chien-wen Wang Wan Hsin Shu-Fen Hsin Shu-Fen Jiang Suyun Li Tian-Lu Li Tian-Lu Grandpa Mei Fang Mei Fang Wan's Mother Grace Chen Grace Chen Jiang Suyun's Mother Yang Li-yin Yang Li-yin Ying Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen Mrs. Lin's Son Danny Deng Danny Deng Counselor Chief Wu Ping-nan Wu Ping-nan Freight Forwarding Boss

Vocabulary

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勉强 勉強 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough HSK 7
辞 辤 cí old variant of 辞 HSK 7
继 繼 jì to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards HSK 7
截 截 jié to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length HSK 7
疯子 瘋子 fēng zi madman; lunatic HSK 7
捞 撈 lāo to fish up; to dredge up HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) HSK 7
耐 耐 nài (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand HSK 7
亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) HSK 7
麻 蔴 má variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
保佑 保佑 bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
渣 渣 zhā slag (in mining or smelting); dregs HSK 7
戒指 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
抹 抹 mǒ to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc HSK 7
雾 霧 wù fog; mist HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
坑 坑 kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
涂 塗 tú to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
港 港 gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
寂寞 寂寞 jì mò lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
栋 棟 dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
感染 感染 gǎn rǎn to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
恐怖 恐怖 kǒng bù terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
鼻青脸肿 鼻青臉腫 bí qīng liǎn zhǒng a bloody nose and a swollen face; badly battered Idiom ∼HSK 6
拖拖拉拉 拖拖拉拉 tuō tuō lā lā to procrastinate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
泡汤 泡湯 pào tāng (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath Colloquialism ∼HSK 6