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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就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
阿公 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather ∼HSK 6
便当 便當 biàn dāng convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box); lunchbox ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house; print shop ∼HSK 6
矿主 礦主 kuàng zhǔ proprietor of a mine ∼HSK 6
半截 半截 bàn jié half (of sth); halfway through ∼HSK 6
辞掉 辭掉 cí diào to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee) ∼HSK 6
熨斗 熨斗 yùn dǒu clothes iron ∼HSK 6
放鞭炮 放鞭炮 fàng biān pào to set off firecrackers ∼HSK 6
挖土机 挖土機 wā tǔ jī excavator; backhoe ∼HSK 6
泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water ∼HSK 6
秃头 禿頭 tū tóu to bare one's head; to be bareheaded; to go bald; bald head; bald person ∼HSK 6
料理店 料理店 liào lǐ diàn restaurant ∼HSK 6
昏倒 昏倒 hūn dǎo to faint ∼HSK 6
炖肉 燉肉 dùn ròu to stew meat; stewed meat ∼HSK 6
裁缝店 裁縫店 cái féng diàn tailor's shop ∼HSK 6
绑住 綁住 bǎng zhù to fasten; to bind ∼HSK 6
娶妻 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife; to get married (man) ∼HSK 6
异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land; a place far from home ∼HSK 6
水滴 水滴 shuǐ dī drop ∼HSK 6
漂泊 漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence ∼HSK 6
烫平 燙平 tàng píng to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles) ∼HSK 6
孔雀 孔雀 kǒng què peafowl; peacock ∼HSK 6
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased ∼HSK 6
赚大钱 賺大錢 zhuàn dà qián to earn a fortune ∼HSK 6
气管炎 氣管炎 qì guǎn yán bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus); henpecked (a pun on used in comic theater) ∼HSK 6
嘀咕 嘀咕 dí gu to mutter; to feel apprehensive ∼HSK 6
闲聊 閒聊 xián liáo to chat; casual conversation ∼HSK 6
学乖 學乖 xué guāi to learn one's lesson the hard way ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
稀饭 稀飯 xī fàn porridge; gruel; congee ∼HSK 6
赴死 赴死 fù sǐ to meet death ∼HSK 6
庇佑 庇佑 bì yòu to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine) ∼HSK 6
肠炎 腸炎 cháng yán enteritis ∼HSK 6
特效药 特效藥 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition; highly effective medicine ∼HSK 6
仙丹 仙丹 xiān dān elixir of immortality ∼HSK 6
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
顺风 順風 shùn fēng lit. tail wind; Bon voyage! ∼HSK 6
出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer; (fig.) (often used with) (of products, information etc) to appear; to emerge; to come out; (fig.) to dump; to inundate the market ∼HSK 6
喘吁吁 喘吁吁 chuǎn xū xū to puff and blow ∼HSK 6
冷气 冷氣 lěng qì air conditioning (Tw) HSK 6
补习 補習 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor HSK 6
录音机 錄音機 lù yīn jī (tape) recording machine; tape recorder HSK 6
涂抹 塗抹 tú mǒ to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate HSK 6