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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屋子 屋子 wū zi house; room HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3
裤子 褲子 kù zi trousers; pants HSK 3
退休 退休 tuì xiū to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
退出 退出 tuì chū to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) HSK 3
离婚 離婚 lí hūn to divorce HSK 3
啤酒 啤酒 pí jiǔ beer (loanword) HSK 3
实力 實力 shí lì strength HSK 3
念 唸 niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
命运 命運 mìng yùn fate; destiny HSK 3
搬 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
录 彔 lù to carve wood HSK 3
铁 鐵 tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
食品 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff; food; provisions HSK 3
上去 上去 shàng qù to go up HSK 3
存 存 cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
生意 生意 shēng yì life force; vitality HSK 3
现金 現金 xiàn jīn cash HSK 3
不必 不必 bù bì need not; does not have to; not necessarily HSK 3
费 費 fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
反正 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
升 升 shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
付 付 fù to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3
布 佈 bù cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known HSK 3
慢慢 慢慢 màn màn slowly HSK 3
奇怪 奇怪 qí guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
大概 大概 dà gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
证 証 zhèng to admonish; variant of 证 HSK 3
紧 緊 jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
猪 豬 zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
龙 龍 lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
害怕 害怕 hài pà to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
麻烦 麻煩 má fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
宣布 宣佈 xuān bù to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
增加 增加 zēng jiā to raise; to increase HSK 3
时代 時代 Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine HSK 3
室 室 shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3
外面 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
空 空 kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
值 值 zhí value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty HSK 3
错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake HSK 3
后面 後面 hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
感情 感情 gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
上面 上面 shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3