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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| 纠纷 糾紛 | dispute | |
| 传出 傳出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 肝 肝 | liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy | |
| 摩托车 摩托車 | (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle | |
| 适当 適當 | suitable; appropriate | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 策略 策略 | strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 之类 之類 | and so on; and such | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 多管闲事 多管閒事 | meddling in other people's business | Xiehouyu |
| 礼拜 禮拜 | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday | Colloquialism |
| 隆 隆 | prosperous, plentiful, abundant | |
| 贞 貞 | virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal | |
| 娟 娟 | beautiful, graceful | |
| 公分 公分 | centimeter (cm); gram (g) | |
| 指甲油 指甲油 | nail polish | |
| 计程车 計程車 | (Tw) taxi; cab | |
| 财团 財團 | financial group | |
| 货柜 貨櫃 | counter for the display of goods; (Tw) container (for freight transport) | |
| 好棒 好棒 | excellent (interjection) | |
| 签字笔 簽字筆 | felt-tip pen; roller ball pen; gel ink pen | |
| 球棒 球棒 | (baseball or cricket) bat; hockey stick | |
| 柯 柯 | axe-handle; stalk, bough; surname | |
| 宿 㝛 | stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight; constellation | |
| 涩 澀 | astringent; harsh; uneven, rough | |
| 教皇 教皇 | (Catholicism) pope; pontiff | |
| 镖 鏢 | dart, spear, harpoon; escort | |
| 小鬼 小鬼 | little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp | |
| 钝 鈍 | blunt, obtuse; dull; flat; dull-witted | |
| 瓜农 瓜農 | melon farmer | |
| 钦 欽 | respect, admire; respectful | |
| 黛 黛 | blacken eyebrows; black | |
| 退伍 退伍 | to be discharged from military service | |
| 长途电话 長途電話 | long-distance phone call | |
| 戏台 戲臺 | stage |