Call of the Sea 1965
怒海情仇
The son of the town bully lusts after a local beauty in this action-filled thriller of the passions and violence to be found in a fishing village.
Vocabulary
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| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 失踪 失蹤 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 醒来 醒來 | to waken | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 乘风破浪 乘風破浪 | to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions | Idiom |
| 风平浪静 風平浪靜 | lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea) | Idiom |
| 狂风暴雨 狂風暴雨 | (idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm; (fig.) (idiom) difficult circumstances; dangerous situation | Idiom |
| 如狼似虎 如狼似虎 | lit. like wolves and tigers; ruthless | Idiom |
| 吞吞吐吐 吞吞吐吐 | to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back | Idiom |
| 谋财害命 謀財害命 | to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money | Idiom |
| 好险 好險 | to have a close call; to have a narrow escape | Xiehouyu |
| 窝囊废 窩囊廢 | (coll.) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing | Xiehouyu |
| 甭管 甭管 | (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) | Colloquialism |
| 小样 小樣 | galley proof (printing); unimpressive; (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) | Colloquialism |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 讲理 講理 | to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable | |
| 评理 評理 | to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out | |
| 命苦 命苦 | to be born under an ill star | |
| 众怒 眾怒 | public anger; public outrage | |
| 休要 休要 | do not | |
| 惹事 惹事 | to cause trouble | |
| 有情 有情 | to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) | |
| 饶了 饒了 | to spare; to forgive | |
| 偿命 償命 | to pay with one's life | |
| 桅杆 桅杆 | mast | |
| 苦命 苦命 | hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate | |
| 衣料 衣料 | material for clothing | |
| 渔网 漁網 | fishing net; fishnet | |
| 蒜苗 蒜苗 | garlic shoot; garlic sprouts | |
| 啰嗦 囉嗦 | variant of | |
| 奴家 奴家 | (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female) |