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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做错 做錯 zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
最新 最新 zuì xīn latest; newest ∼HSK 1
一天到晚 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 1
进出口 進出口 jìn chū kǒu import and export ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day HSK 1
下雨 下雨 xià yǔ to rain HSK 1
打球 打球 dǎ qiú to play ball; to play with a ball HSK 1
楼下 樓下 lóu xià downstairs HSK 1
小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
男朋友 男朋友 nán péng you boyfriend HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
男生 男生 nán shēng schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male) HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
常常 常常 cháng cháng frequently; often HSK 1
门口 門口 mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
开车 開車 kāi chē to drive a car HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
在家 在家 zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
考 攷 kǎo to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father HSK 1
车上 車上 chē shàng Car HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
天气 天氣 tiān qì weather HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
小姐 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
国 國 guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
姐姐 姐姐 jiě jie older sister HSK 1
东 東 dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1
上班 上班 shàng bān to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office HSK 1
饿 餓 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1
衣服 衣服 yī fu clothes HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
八 八 bā eight; 8 HSK 1
毛 毛 máo hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) HSK 1
一边 一邊 yī biān one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while HSK 1