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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| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 梦想 夢想 | (fig.) to dream of; dream | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 亲爱 親愛 | dear; beloved; darling | |
| 心理 心理 | psychology; mentality | |
| 地址 地址 | address | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 法 㳒 | law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 死不要脸 死不要臉 | to know no shame; to be totally shameless | Xiehouyu |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 美心 美心 | Maxine (name) | Proper Noun |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 牛肉 牛肉 | beef | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 范 範 | surname; bee-like insect | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 冬菇 冬菇 | donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 亲亲 親親 | dear one; to kiss; friendly | |
| 亲家 親家 | parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage | |
| 阿兰 阿蘭 | Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name); A-lan (Chinese female name) | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 时间不早了 時間不早了 | it's getting late; time's getting on | |
| 叫春 叫春 | to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat | |
| 过世 過世 | to die; to pass away |