Vive L'Amour

Vive L'Amour 1995

爱情万岁 àiqíng wànsuì

Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.

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3.1 Beginner Director Tsai Ming-liang 🍅 85%

Cast

Lee Kang-sheng Lee Kang-sheng Hsiao-kang Yang Kuei-mei Yang Kuei-mei May Lin Chen Chao-jung Chen Chao-jung Ah-jung Lu Yi-ching Lu Yi-ching Waitress (uncredited)

Vocabulary

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小康 小康 Xiǎo kāng Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 同 HSK 7
麻将 麻將 má jiàng mahjong HSK 7
高低 高低 gāo dī height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end HSK 7
打通 打通 dǎ tōng to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection) HSK 7
宽敞 寬敞 kuān chang spacious; wide HSK 7
祖先 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental HSK 7
要点 要點 yào diǎn main point; essential HSK 7
草坪 草坪 cǎo píng lawn HSK 7
辣椒 辣椒 là jiāo hot pepper; chili HSK 7
抹 抹 mā to wipe HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
老大 老大 lǎo dà old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
纳骨塔 納骨塔 nà gǔ tǎ columbarium ∼HSK 6
铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin ∼HSK 6
重映 重映 chóng yìng to reshow (a movie) ∼HSK 6
庭园 庭園 tíng yuán flower garden ∼HSK 6
卫浴 衛浴 wèi yù sanitary (related to toilet and bathroom); bathroom ∼HSK 6
欢迎光临 歡迎光臨 huān yíng guāng lín welcome ∼HSK 6
采光 採光 cǎi guāng to get natural light (e.g. through a window) ∼HSK 6
骨灰 骨灰 gǔ huī bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains ∼HSK 6
公家 公家 gōng jiā the public; the state; society; the public purse ∼HSK 6
剧终 劇終 jù zhōng The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) ∼HSK 6
增值 增值 zēng zhí to appreciate (financially); to increase in value; value-added (accountancy) HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
地下室 地下室 dì xià shì basement; cellar HSK 6
通行 通行 tōng xíng to go through; to pass through; to be in general use HSK 6
海外 海外 hǎi wài overseas; abroad HSK 6
聊 聊 liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
檀 檀 Tán sandalwood, hardwood; surname ∼HSK 5
笑纳 笑納 xiào nà to kindly accept (an offering) ∼HSK 5
签收 簽收 qiān shōu to sign for the acceptance of sth (e.g. a delivery etc) ∼HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
铭 銘 míng inscribe, engrave ∼HSK 5
瓮 甕 wèng earthen jar; jar for ashes ∼HSK 5
主体 主體 zhǔ tǐ main part; bulk; body; subject; agent HSK 5
原先 原先 yuán xiān originally; original; former HSK 5
光线 光線 guāng xiàn light ray; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph) HSK 5
向上 向上 xiàng shàng upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress HSK 5
隔壁 隔壁 gé bì next door; neighbor HSK 5
贸易 貿易 mào yì (commercial) trade HSK 5