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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想家 想家 xiǎng jiā homesick ∼HSK 1
男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man; boy; son ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
买东西 買東西 mǎi dōng xi to do one's shopping ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
天大 天大 tiān dà gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
后嗣 後嗣 hòu sì heir; descendant; posterity ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
放出 放出 fàng chū to let off; to give out ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
妹婿 妹婿 mèi xù brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) ∼HSK 1
老小 老小 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young; the youngest member of the family ∼HSK 1
一个个 一個個 yī gè gè a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another ∼HSK 1
上工 上工 shàng gōng to go to work; to start work ∼HSK 1
他用 他用 tā yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged; flat; dead (of batteries) ∼HSK 1
多个 多個 duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
说到 說到 shuō dào to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for ∼HSK 1
国小 國小 guó xiǎo elementary school (Tw); abbr. for ∼HSK 1
昨晚 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
前一天 前一天 qián yī tiān the day before (an event) ∼HSK 1
国中 國中 guó zhōng junior high school (Tw); abbr. for ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
几号 幾號 jǐ hào (slang) heroin ∼HSK 1
是以 是以 shì yǐ therefore; thus; so ∼HSK 1
进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
跟不上 跟不上 gēn bu shàng not able to keep up with ∼HSK 1
请假 請假 qǐng jià to request leave of absence HSK 1
下课 下課 xià kè to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired HSK 1
火车站 火車站 huǒ chē zhàn train station HSK 1
有名 有名 yǒu míng famous; well-known HSK 1
楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread HSK 1
桌子 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk HSK 1
鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg; hen's egg HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
下班 下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
女朋友 女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend HSK 1
上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school; to attend school HSK 1
唱歌 唱歌 chàng gē to sing a song HSK 1