Between Tears and Smiles 1964
故都春梦
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.
Vocabulary
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| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 王八 王八 | softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel | Xiehouyu |
| 问候 問候 | to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 凤仙 鳳仙 | Fengxian (name); also garden balsam (the flower) | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 诸葛亮 諸葛亮 | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms, where he is portrayed as a sage an | Proper Noun |
| 女娃 女娃 | mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor who turned into bird Jingwei after drowning | Proper Noun |
| 户口 戶口 | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account | Proper Noun |
| 诸城 諸城 | Zhucheng, county-level city in Weifang, Shandong | Proper Noun |
| 京戏 京戲 | Beijing opera | Proper Noun |
| 元宝 元寶 | Yuanbao district of Dandong city, Liaoning | Proper Noun |
| 泰山 泰山 | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains | Proper Noun |
| 滚滚 滾滾 | nickname for a panda | Proper Noun |
| 托福 託福 | TOEFL; Test of English as a Foreign Language | Proper Noun |
| 秦始皇 秦始皇 | Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor | Proper Noun |
| 孟姜女 孟姜女 | heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body | Proper Noun |
| 秀才 秀才 | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 大帅 大帥 | (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) | |
| 嘉 嘉 | excellent; joyful; auspicious | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 牙床 牙床 | gum; ivory bedframe | |
| 劳 勞 | labor, toil, do manual work | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person |