A Time for Love 1970
那個不多情
A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
Vocabulary
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| 插手 插手 | to get involved in; to meddle; interference | |
| 苗 苗 | sprout | |
| 家教 家教 | family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor | |
| 真情 真情 | real situation; the truth | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 关照 關照 | to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 飞翔 飛翔 | to circle in the air; to soar | |
| 偏见 偏見 | prejudice; bias | |
| 心事 心事 | a load on one's mind; worry | |
| 发财 發財 | to get rich | |
| 发脾气 發脾氣 | to get angry | |
| 计较 計較 | to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem | |
| 英俊 英俊 | handsome | |
| 成年 成年 | to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year | |
| 好心 好心 | kindness; good intentions | |
| 点心 點心 | light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert | |
| 钞票 鈔票 | paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) | |
| 塌 塌 | to collapse; to droop; to settle down | |
| 掀起 掀起 | to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) | |
| 求婚 求婚 | to propose marriage | |
| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | |
| 和尚 和尚 | Buddhist monk | |
| 体贴 體貼 | considerate (of other people's needs) | |
| 心意 心意 | intention; regard; kindly feelings | |
| 吩咐 吩咐 | to tell; to instruct; to command | |
| 卡片 卡片 | card | |
| 丢掉 丟掉 | to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away | |
| 枕头 枕頭 | pillow | |
| 蹦 蹦 | to jump; to bounce; to hop | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 愈 愈 | the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 盼 盼 | to hope for; to long for; to expect | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 任意 任意 | any; arbitrary; at will; at random | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 制服 制服 | to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees) | |
| 嘴唇 嘴唇 | lip | |
| 但愿 但願 | if only (sth were possible); I wish (that) | |
| 凤凰 鳳凰 | Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 | |
| 震 震 | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ | |
| 鹿 鹿 | deer | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 麻 蔴 | variant of 麻; hemp | |
| 挣扎 掙扎 | to struggle | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |