Taipei Story 1985
青梅竹马
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 东京 東京 | Tokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) | Proper Noun |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 美国人 美國人 | American; American person; American people | Proper Noun |
| 西门町 西門町 | Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei) | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 车子 車子 | car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 好玩 好玩 | amusing; fun; interesting | |
| 我人 我人 | we | |
| 不问 不問 | to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off | |
| 家门 家門 | house door; family clan | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 不在了 不在了 | to be dead; to have passed away | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 好不 好不 | not at all...; how very... | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife |