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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| 旅社 旅社 | hotel; hostel | |
| 两样 兩樣 | not the same; different | |
| 会议室 會議室 | meeting room; conference room | |
| 闭幕 閉幕 | the curtain falls; lower the curtain; to come to an end (of a meeting) | |
| 一口气 一口氣 | one breath; in one breath; at a stretch | |
| 柜子 櫃子 | cupboard; cabinet | |
| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 原先 原先 | originally; original; former | |
| 光线 光線 | light ray; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph) | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 国民 國民 | nationals; citizens; people of a nation | |
| 铃 鈴 | (small) bell | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection | |
| 职位 職位 | position; post; job | |
| 正义 正義 | justice; righteousness; just; righteous | |
| 贸易 貿易 | (commercial) trade | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 助理 助理 | assistant | |
| 双手 雙手 | both hands | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 或是 或是 | or; either one or the other | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 射 䠶 | to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots |