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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| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 妹子 妹子 | (dialect) younger sister; girl | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 乾 乹 | dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 二八 二八 | 16; sixteen | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 京 京 | capital city | |
| 做大 做大 | arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale | |
| 大夥 大夥 | variant of | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 不语 不語 | (literary) not to speak | |
| 吃不下 吃不下 | not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 缎子 緞子 | satin | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 做人 做人 | to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity | |
| 喜 喜 | like, love, enjoy; joyful thing | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years | |
| 一家子 一家子 | the whole family | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 大病 大病 | serious illness | |
| 小事 小事 | trifle; trivial matter | |
| 后半 後半 | latter half | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 一口 一口 | readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of |