Taipei Story

Taipei Story 1985

青梅竹马 qīngméizhúmǎ

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.

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3.45 Beginner Director Edward Yang 🍅 100%

Cast

Tsai Chin Tsai Chin Chin Hou Hsiao-hsien Hou Hsiao-hsien Lung Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen Chen Lin Hsiu-Ling Lin Hsiu-Ling A-Ling Su-Yun Ko Su-Yun Ko Gwan Ko I-chen Ko I-chen Mr. Ke Mei Fang Mei Fang Chin's Mother Wu Ping-nan Wu Ping-nan Chin's Father Yang Li-yin Yang Li-yin Qin Grace Chen Grace Chen Mrs. Mei

Vocabulary

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外公 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 7
忌讳 忌諱 jì huì taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
过境 過境 guò jìng to pass through a country's territory; transit HSK 7
谜底 謎底 mí dǐ answer to a riddle HSK 7
下棋 下棋 xià qí to play chess HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
偏差 偏差 piān chā bias; deviation HSK 7
年薪 年薪 nián xīn annual salary HSK 7
纺织 紡織 fǎng zhī spinning and weaving HSK 7
嗜好 嗜好 shì hào hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction HSK 7
大笔 大筆 dàbǐ Large HSK 7
收买 收買 shōu mǎi to purchase; to bribe HSK 7
拖累 拖累 tuō lěi to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate HSK 7
无非 無非 wú fēi only; nothing else HSK 7
自卫 自衛 zì wèi to defend oneself; self-defense HSK 7
黄昏 黃昏 huáng hūn dusk; evening; nightfall HSK 7
退回 退回 tuì huí to return (an item); to send back; to go back HSK 7
合伙 合伙 hé huǒ to act jointly; to form a partnership HSK 7
悲观 悲觀 bēi guān pessimistic HSK 7
发火 發火 fā huǒ to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry HSK 7
诚意 誠意 chéng yì sincerity; good faith HSK 7
蚊子 蚊子 wén zi mosquito HSK 7
阶层 階層 jiē céng social class HSK 7
幻觉 幻覺 huàn jué illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination HSK 7
手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand; at hand; one's financial situation HSK 7
棒球 棒球 bàng qiú baseball HSK 7
喇叭 喇叭 lǎ ba horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument; trumpet; suona 锁呐 HSK 7
音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system; abbr. for 组合音响 HSK 7
牌照 牌照 pái zhào (business) license; vehicle license; car registration; license plate HSK 7
裁决 裁決 cái jué ruling; adjudication HSK 7
人事 人事 rén shì personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life HSK 7
职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker; staff member HSK 7
盛 盛 chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7
破裂 破裂 pò liè to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down HSK 7
香烟 香煙 xiāng yān cigarette; smoke from burning incense HSK 7
迟早 遲早 chí zǎo sooner or later HSK 7
开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee) HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
可疑 可疑 kě yí suspicious; dubious HSK 7
壮 壯 Zhuàng Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group HSK 7
货物 貨物 huò wù goods; commodity; merchandise HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
短暂 短暫 duǎn zàn of short duration; brief; momentary HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
致命 致命 zhì mìng fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life HSK 7
倒霉 倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck; to be out of luck HSK 7
指望 指望 zhǐ wàng to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope HSK 7
体系 體系 tǐ xì system; setup HSK 7
穿越 穿越 chuān yuè to pass through; to traverse; to cross HSK 7