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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代表 代表 dài biǎo representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of HSK 3
双 雙 shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) HSK 3
除了 除了 chú le besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) HSK 3
个人 個人 gè rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
下来 下來 xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
比较 比較 bǐ jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
城市 城市 chéng shì city; town HSK 3
整个 整個 zhěng gè whole; entire; total HSK 3
注意 注意 zhù yì to take note of; to pay attention to HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
姐夫 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
看医生 看醫生 kàn yī shēng to visit a doctor ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
伊 伊 Yī third person pronoun; he, she, this, that ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
看不懂 看不懂 kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
参 參 cān take part in, intervene; ginseng ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
卤蛋 滷蛋 lǔ dàn peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings ∼HSK 2
名表 名錶 míng biǎo famous watch (i.e. expensive brand of wristwatch) ∼HSK 2