Dawn Will Come

Dawn Will Come 1966

魂断奈何天 hún duàn nàihé tiān

The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by sword-wielding ruffians, among other things. Her only hope is her betrayer's new wife, played by the strong and sensual Ivy Ling Po. Dawn may come, but the questions is: will it be too late? Director/writer Kao Li shows both restraint and sadism in this historical melodramatic tearjerker.

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Vocabulary

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慌慌张张 慌慌張張 huāng huāng zhāng zhāng flustered; in a panic; harried and confused (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
一场春梦 一場春夢 yī chǎng chūn mèng lit. a spring dream (idiom); fig. a fleeting illusion; transient joys or vanished hopes Idiom ∼HSK 7
春蚕到死丝方尽 春蠶到死絲方盡 chūn cán dào sǐ sī fāng jìn the silkworm spins silk until its death (idiom); fig. undying devotion; to give one's all to the very end Idiom ∼HSK 7
无情无义 無情無義 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless Idiom HSK 7
大惊小怪 大驚小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
无家可归 無家可歸 wú jiā kě guī homeless Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
荒唐 荒唐 huāng táng beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
遂心 遂心 suì xīn to one's liking HSK 7
恩情 恩情 ēn qíng kindness; affection; grace; favor HSK 7
起程 起程 qǐ chéng to set out; to leave HSK 7
了却 了卻 liǎo què to resolve; to settle HSK 7
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
纵然 縱然 zòng rán even if; even though HSK 7
怠慢 怠慢 dài màn to slight; to neglect HSK 7
告状 告狀 gào zhuàng to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit HSK 7
何苦 何苦 hé kǔ why bother?; is it worth the trouble? HSK 7
孤零零 孤零零 gū líng líng lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary HSK 7
及早 及早 jí zǎo at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible HSK 7
岳母 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law HSK 7
鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed; impulsive; reckless HSK 7
甘心 甘心 gān xīn to be willing to; to resign oneself to HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
祭祀 祭祀 jì sì to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
频频 頻頻 pín pín repeatedly; again and again; continuously; constantly HSK 7
摧残 摧殘 cuī cán to ravage; to ruin HSK 7
连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row HSK 7
路途 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road; path HSK 7
倘若 倘若 tǎng ruò if; supposing; in case HSK 7
慌张 慌張 huāng zhāng flustered; agitated HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
羞愧 羞愧 xiū kuì ashamed HSK 7
掀 掀 xiān to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse HSK 7
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) HSK 7
池塘 池塘 chí táng pool; pond HSK 7
茫茫 茫茫 máng máng boundless; vast and obscure HSK 7
渔船 漁船 yú chuán fishing boat HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
往日 往日 wǎng rì former days; the past HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7