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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| 家世 家世 | family background | |
| 阿飞 阿飛 | hoodlum; hooligan; young rowdy | |
| 管他 管他 | no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 乱掉 亂掉 | messed up; in disarray; chaotic | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 正派 正派 | (of a person) upright; respectable; decent; (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable | |
| 迷离 迷離 | blurred; hard to make out distinctly | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 上心 上心 | carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth | |
| 突然间 突然間 | suddenly | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 打火机 打火機 | lighter; cigarette lighter | |
| 打伤 打傷 | to injure; to wound; to damage | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 光阴 光陰 | time available | |
| 朝朝暮暮 朝朝暮暮 | from dawn to dusk; all the time | |
| 帽 㡌 | hat, cap; cap-like tops | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 保住 保住 | to preserve; to save | |
| 久等 久等 | to wait for a long time | |
| 不巧 不巧 | too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 一世 一世 | generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 强奸 強姦 | to rape | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 白费 白費 | to waste (one's energy etc) | |
| 有的是 有的是 | have plenty of; there's no lack of | |
| 本领 本領 | skill; ability; capability | |
| 打听 打聽 | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 主张 主張 | to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion | |
| 学费 學費 | tuition fee; tuition | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce |