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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一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) ∼HSK 1
没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged; flat; dead (of batteries) ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study; work-study program ∼HSK 1
白人 白人 bái rén white man or woman; Caucasian ∼HSK 1
打靶 打靶 dǎ bǎ target shooting ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
机 機 Jī desk; machine; moment ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
买东西 買東西 mǎi dōng xi to do one's shopping ∼HSK 1
在地下 在地下 zài dì xià underground ∼HSK 1
小弟 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother; I, your little brother (humble) ∼HSK 1
高就 高就 gāo jiù to take up a prestigious position; (courteous) to work (as in "where are you working?") ∼HSK 1
商 商 Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
老爸 老爸 lǎo bà father; dad ∼HSK 1
地契 地契 dì qì title deed (for land) ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
三次 三次 sān cì third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
过多 過多 guò duō too many; excessive ∼HSK 1
最多 最多 zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
好朋友 好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
不和 不和 bù hé not to get along well; to be on bad terms; to be at odds; discord ∼HSK 1
包包 包包 bāo bāo bag or purse etc; small bump or pimple; hillock ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
行车 行車 xíng chē to drive a vehicle; movement of vehicles ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
自己人 自己人 zì jǐ rén those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
小事 小事 xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
小包 小包 xiǎo bāo packet ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
做错 做錯 zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1