A Time for Love

A Time for Love 1970

那個不多情 nā 個 bù duōqíng

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.

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Vocabulary

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床垫 床墊 chuáng diàn mattress ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
独生 獨生 dú shēng only (child); without siblings; to be the sole survivor ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
大虾 大蝦 dà xiā prawn; (Internet slang) expert; whiz ∼HSK 6
窈窕 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined; comely; (esp.) slender; slim; (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded ∼HSK 6
吹口哨 吹口哨 chuī kǒu shào to whistle ∼HSK 6
癞蛤蟆 癩蛤蟆 lài há ma toad ∼HSK 6
作料 作料 zuò liao condiments; seasoning; coll. pr. [zuo2 liao5]; Taiwan pr. [zuo2 liao4] ∼HSK 6
不妙 不妙 bù miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring ∼HSK 6
蛤蟆 蛤蟆 há ma frog; toad ∼HSK 6
招亲 招親 zhāo qīn select a spouse ∼HSK 6
女主人 女主人 nǚ zhǔ rén hostess; mistress ∼HSK 6
投胎 投胎 tóu tāi to be reincarnated ∼HSK 6
黄鼠狼 黃鼠狼 huáng shǔ láng Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) ∼HSK 6
心里痒痒 心裡癢癢 xīn lǐ yǎng yang (idiom) to feel a strong urge (to do sth) ∼HSK 6
天地良心 天地良心 tiān dì liáng xīn in all honesty; truth to tell ∼HSK 6
钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring ∼HSK 6
清道夫 清道夫 qīng dào fū street cleaner; garbage collector; (soccer) sweeper ∼HSK 6
晨曦 晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn ∼HSK 6
苍天 蒼天 cāng tiān firmament ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
妙计 妙計 miào jì excellent plan; brilliant scheme ∼HSK 6
热浪 熱浪 rè làng heat wave ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
服侍 服侍 fú shi to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also ∼HSK 6
镇定剂 鎮定劑 zhèn dìng jì tranquilizer; depressant; sedative ∼HSK 6
真心真意 真心真意 zhēn xīn zhēn yì with all one's heart and sincerity (idiom); wholeheartedly genuine ∼HSK 6
狐狸精 狐狸精 hú li jīng fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress ∼HSK 6
捉摸 捉摸 zhuō mō to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp ∼HSK 6
嘀咕 嘀咕 dí gu to mutter; to feel apprehensive ∼HSK 6
冤家 冤家 yuān jia enemy; foe; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love ∼HSK 6
相逢 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across ∼HSK 6
百货公司 百貨公司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store ∼HSK 6
恍惚 恍惚 huǎng hū absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly ∼HSK 6
牵手 牽手 qiān shǒu to hold hands ∼HSK 6
相依 相依 xiāng yī to be interdependent ∼HSK 6
新娘子 新娘子 xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
杂货 雜貨 zá huò groceries; miscellaneous goods ∼HSK 6
打屁股 打屁股 dǎ pì gu to spank sb's bottom ∼HSK 6
灌水 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate; to pour water into; to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping); to cook the books; to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums ∼HSK 6
爱侣 愛侶 ài lǚ lovers ∼HSK 6
写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building HSK 6
宏大 宏大 hóng dà great; grand HSK 6
忠心 忠心 zhōng xīn good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication HSK 6
甭 甭 béng (contraction of 用) need not; please don't HSK 6
阔 闊 kuò rich; wide; broad HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
盼望 盼望 pàn wàng to hope for; to look forward to HSK 6