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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| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 街 街 | street | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 正是 正是 | is precisely | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 称 稱 | to fit; balanced; suitable | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list |