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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无心 無心 wú xīn unintentionally; not in the mood to Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
拜拜 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
观塘 觀塘 Guàn táng Kwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
公馆 公館 Gōng guǎn Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
劳斯莱斯 勞斯萊斯 Láo sī Lái sī Rolls-Royce Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白虎 白虎 Bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙田 沙田 Shā tián Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青山 青山 Qīng shān Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
海伦 海倫 Hǎi lún (name) Helen or Hélène; Hailun, county-level city in Suihua, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
现世宝 現世寶 xiàn shì bǎo good-for-nothing; fool ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
要嘛 要嘛 yào ma either...; or... ∼HSK 4
密密 密密 mì mì thick; dense; close ∼HSK 4
疑心 疑心 yí xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4
风湿 風濕 fēng shī rheumatism ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
郑 鄭 Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
尾 尾 wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
厨子 廚子 chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
烧菜 燒菜 shāo cài to cook ∼HSK 4
替工 替工 tì gōng replacement worker; substitute worker ∼HSK 4
巾 巾 jīn kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50 ∼HSK 4
怪手 怪手 guài shǒu (Tw) excavator; backhoe ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
引得 引得 yǐn dé index (loanword) ∼HSK 4
心底 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 4
结连 結連 jié lián linked in a chain ∼HSK 4
忐忑不安 忐忑不安 tǎn tè - bù ān (idiom) anxious; in turmoil ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
浅水 淺水 qiǎn shuǐ shallow water ∼HSK 4
天呀 天呀 tiān ya Heavens!; My goodness! ∼HSK 4
打翻 打翻 dǎ fān to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy) ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
叫醒 叫醒 jiào xǐng to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse ∼HSK 4