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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陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
不怀好意 不懷好意 bù huái - hǎo yì (idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
圣母 聖母 Shèng mǔ the Virgin Mary Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诗书 詩書 Shī Shū the Book of Songs and the Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南昌 南昌 Nán chāng Nanchang, prefecture-level city and capital of Jiangxi Province; Nanchang county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄泉 黃泉 Huáng quán the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
望江 望江 Wàng jiāng Wangjiang, a county in Anqing, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滚滚 滾滾 Gǔn gǔn nickname for a panda Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江河 江河 Jiāng Hé Yangtze and Yellow rivers Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法网 法網 Fǎ wǎng French Open (tennis tournament) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
国法 國法 guó fǎ national law ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
远道而来 遠道而來 yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4
淡淡 淡淡 dàn dàn faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
闺秀 閨秀 guī xiù well-bred young lady ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
思量 思量 sī liang to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
无处 無處 wú chù nowhere ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
疑阵 疑陣 yí zhèn a diversion; a feint attack to mislead the enemy ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
责 責 zé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
落水 落水 luò shuǐ to fall into water; to sink; overboard; fig. to degenerate; to sink (into depravity); to go to the dogs ∼HSK 4
登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home ∼HSK 4
天色 天色 tiān sè color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather ∼HSK 4
投师 投師 tóu shī to join a guru for instruction ∼HSK 4
微风 微風 wēi fēng breeze; light wind ∼HSK 4
落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous ∼HSK 4
败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community; degenerate ∼HSK 4