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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| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 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 | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 治疗 治療 | to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 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) | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 后会有期 後會有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. | Idiom |
| 乱抓 亂抓 | to claw wildly; to scratch frantically; to arrest people indiscriminately | Xiehouyu |
| 心里有数 心裡有數 | to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation | Xiehouyu |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 熟人 熟人 | acquaintance; friend | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 赶明儿 趕明兒 | (coll.) some day; one of these days | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | 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 |
| 五台 五臺 | Wutai city and county in Xinzhou, Shanxi | Proper Noun |
| 春秋 春秋 | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 范 範 | surname; bee-like insect | |
| 大叔 大叔 | eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 秀 秀 | ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 老大爷 老大爺 | uncle; grandpa | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 心领 心領 | I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) | |
| 婚 婚 | get married; marriage, wedding | |
| 救出 救出 | to rescue; to pluck from danger | |
| 金银 金銀 | gold and silver | |
| 香闺 香閨 | a woman's rooms | |
| 士 士 | scholar, gentleman; soldier |