Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind 1986

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%

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ā mèi younger sister ∼HSK 3
yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
tiě made of iron; strong as iron ∼HSK 3
nāo zhǒng coward; useless scoundrel ∼HSK 3
měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
kǎo end of term examination ∼HSK 3
使 使 shǐ xìng zi to lose one's temper ∼HSK 3
jiān (Tw) evening program (at a college); night school ∼HSK 3
zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
kàn bǎn billboard ∼HSK 3
wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards ∼HSK 3
guāng shì solely; just ∼HSK 3
sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
nàn mín refugee ∼HSK 3
shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter; hospice; refuge (e.g. for animals); detention center ∼HSK 3
yǎn eyelid ∼HSK 3
méi zhǒng not to have the guts (to do sth); cowardly ∼HSK 3
gōng homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study HSK 3
chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) HSK 3
jiā shǔ family member; (family) dependent HSK 3
nán southern part HSK 3
qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
shǒu zhǐ finger HSK 3
cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
shí tou stone HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving HSK 3
kàn lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
shù xué mathematics; mathematical HSK 3
dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
tán pàn to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference HSK 3
machine HSK 3
píng guǒ apple HSK 3
gōng wages; pay HSK 3
niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
pán healthy; at ease HSK 3
dòng automatic; voluntarily HSK 3
jǐn liàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
shāng rushing current HSK 3
tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3