Dawn Will Come 1966
魂断奈何天
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.
Vocabulary
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| 坟 墳 | grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book | |
| 逃生 逃生 | to flee for one's life | |
| 序 序 | (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 流水 流水 | running water; (business) turnover | |
| 悬崖 懸崖 | precipice; overhanging cliff | |
| 沉迷 沉迷 | to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to | |
| 真情 真情 | real situation; the truth | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 匆忙 匆忙 | hasty; hurried | |
| 亲生 親生 | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) | |
| 分明 分明 | clear; distinct; evidently; clearly | |
| 学业 學業 | studies; schoolwork | |
| 斩 斬 | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop | |
| 心事 心事 | a load on one's mind; worry | |
| 救济 救濟 | emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods | |
| 匆匆 匆匆 | hurriedly | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 来访 來訪 | to pay a visit | |
| 好心 好心 | kindness; good intentions | |
| 好比 好比 | to be just like; can be compared to | |
| 徘徊 徘徊 | to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate | |
| 非得 非得 | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | |
| 抚养 撫養 | to foster; to bring up; to raise | |
| 报仇 報仇 | to take revenge; to avenge | |
| 良 良 | good; very; very much | |
| 迎 迎 | to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face | |
| 撒谎 撒謊 | to tell lies | |
| 名声 名聲 | reputation | |
| 一旁 一旁 | aside; to the side of | |
| 不妨 不妨 | there is no harm in; might as well | |
| 怪不得 怪不得 | no wonder!; so that's why! | |
| 吩咐 吩咐 | to tell; to instruct; to command | |
| 耽误 耽誤 | to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with | |
| 人情 人情 | human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn | |
| 保管 保管 | to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator | |
| 墨 墨 | ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead | |
| 何处 何處 | whence; where | |
| 豹 豹 | leopard; panther | |
| 巧合 巧合 | coincidence; coincidental; to coincide | |
| 榜样 榜樣 | example; model | |
| 香烟 香煙 | cigarette; smoke from burning incense | |
| 盼 盼 | to hope for; to long for; to expect | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 性命 性命 | life | |
| 赐 賜 | to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] |