Dust in the Wind 1986
恋恋风尘
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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Vocabulary
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| 阿妹 阿妹 | younger sister | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 铁打 鐵打 | made of iron; strong as iron | |
| 孬种 孬種 | coward; useless scoundrel | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 期考 期考 | end of term examination | |
| 使性子 使性子 | to lose one's temper | |
| 夜间部 夜間部 | (Tw) evening program (at a college); night school | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 看板 看板 | billboard | |
| 围剿 圍剿 | to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards | |
| 光是 光是 | solely; just | |
| 三代 三代 | three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 难民 難民 | refugee | |
| 收容所 收容所 | temporary shelter; hospice; refuge (e.g. for animals); detention center | |
| 眼皮 眼皮 | eyelid | |
| 没种 沒種 | not to have the guts (to do sth); cowardly | |
| 功课 功課 | homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study | |
| 初中 初中 | junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) | |
| 家属 家屬 | family member; (family) dependent | |
| 南部 南部 | southern part | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 手指 手指 | finger | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 数学 數學 | mathematics; mathematical | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 谈判 談判 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 苹果 蘋果 | apple | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 念 唸 | 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) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 自动 自動 | automatic; voluntarily | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | 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) | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke |