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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狐 狐 hú species of fox ∼HSK 5
浊 濁 zhuó muddy, turbid, dirty, filthy ∼HSK 5
哀 哀 Āi sad, mournful, pitiful; pity ∼HSK 5
慧眼 慧眼 huì yǎn an all-seeing mind; mental perception; insight; acumen ∼HSK 5
遥 遙 yáo far away, distant, remote ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
胞 胞 bāo womb, placenta, fetal membrane ∼HSK 5
柔 柔 róu soft; gentle, pliant ∼HSK 5
迹 跡 jì traces, impressions, footprints ∼HSK 5
留遗 留遺 liú yí to leave behind; sb's legacy ∼HSK 5
青天 青天 qīng tiān clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official) ∼HSK 5
腊 臘 xī year end sacrifice; dried meat ∼HSK 5
炬 炬 jù torch ∼HSK 5
出声 出聲 chū shēng to make a sound; to speak; to cry out ∼HSK 5
威武 威武 wēi wǔ might; formidable ∼HSK 5
鸣 鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound ∼HSK 5
无状 無狀 wú zhuàng insolence; insolent; ill-mannered ∼HSK 5
冒死 冒死 mào sǐ to brave death ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
作证 作證 zuò zhèng to bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation; the truth ∼HSK 5
亏心 虧心 kuī xīn a guilty conscience ∼HSK 5
徇 徇 xùn comply with, follow; display ∼HSK 5
红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs ∼HSK 5
他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
知府 知府 zhī fǔ prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
侍 侍 shì serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai ∼HSK 5
庶 庶 shù numerous, various; multitude ∼HSK 5
黎 黎 Lí surname; numerous, many; black ∼HSK 5
犹 猶 yóu like, similar to, just like, as ∼HSK 5
神位 神位 shén wèi spirit tablet; ancestral tablet ∼HSK 5
醮 醮 jiào religious service; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony ∼HSK 5
羞 羞 xiū shame ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
枉 枉 wǎng useless, in vain; bent, crooked ∼HSK 5
俱 俱 jù all, together; accompany ∼HSK 5
回信 回信 huí xìn to reply; to write back; letter written in reply HSK 5
比方 比方 bǐ fang analogy; instance; for instance HSK 5
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
敲门 敲門 qiāo mén to knock on a door HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
亏 虧 kuī deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... HSK 5
来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter; to send us a letter HSK 5
不顾 不顧 bù gù in spite of; regardless of HSK 5
等候 等候 děng hòu to wait; to wait for HSK 5
终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong; all one's life; marriage HSK 5
肠 腸 cháng intestines HSK 5