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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| 极了 極了 | extremely; exceedingly | |
| 拍 拍 | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 白头到老 白頭到老 | (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part | Idiom |
| 四海为家 四海為家 | to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own | Idiom |
| 不要脸 不要臉 | to have no sense of shame; shameless | Xiehouyu |
| 说风凉话 說風涼話 | to sneer; to make cynical remarks; sarcastic talk | Xiehouyu |
| 难看 難看 | ugly; unsightly | Xiehouyu |
| 难过 難過 | to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 给脸不要脸 給臉不要臉 | (coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill | Colloquialism |
| 这年头 這年頭 | (coll.) nowadays | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 杭州 杭州 | Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province | Proper Noun |
| 天津 天津 | Tianjin municipality | Proper Noun |
| 东平 東平 | Dongping county in Tai'an, Shandong | Proper Noun |
| 贵姓 貴姓 | what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? | Proper Noun |
| 老街 老街 | Lao Cai, Vietnam; Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar) | Proper Noun |
| 成大 成大 | National Cheng Kung University | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 别提了 別提了 | say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 表弟 表弟 | younger male cousin via female line | |
| 表哥 表哥 | older male cousin via female line | |
| 大红 大紅 | crimson | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 巴 巴 | greatly desire, anxiously hope |