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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压根儿 壓根兒 yà gēn r erhua variant of ∼HSK 4
普降 普降 pǔ jiàng precipitation over a large area; widespread rain ∼HSK 4
宽心 寬心 kuān xīn relieved; comforted; to relieve anxieties; at ease; relaxed; reassuring; happy ∼HSK 4
牙床 牙床 yá chuáng gum; ivory bedframe ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
酒色 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women; color of wine; drunken expression ∼HSK 4
苦苦 苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously; persistently; hard; painful ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc); to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc) ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military); 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc); sand tray (on which to write characters) ∼HSK 4
安邦定国 安邦定國 ān bāng dìng guó to bring peace and stability to the country ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
怀有 懷有 huái yǒu to have in one's person (feelings, talent etc) ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
安顿 安頓 ān dùn to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful ∼HSK 4
有志气 有志氣 yǒu zhì qì ambitious ∼HSK 4
重赏 重賞 zhòng shǎng ample reward; to reward generously ∼HSK 4
无言 無言 wú yán to remain silent; to have nothing to say ∼HSK 4
火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake ∼HSK 4
烧死 燒死 shāo sǐ to burn to death ∼HSK 4
减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower; to reduce ∼HSK 4
有罪 有罪 yǒu zuì guilty ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
江水 江水 jiāng shuǐ river water ∼HSK 4
顿首 頓首 dùn shǒu kowtow ∼HSK 4
何曾 何曾 hé céng did I ever...? (or "did he ever...?" etc) ∼HSK 4
帕 帕 pà turban, kerchief, veil; wrap ∼HSK 4
题诗 題詩 tí shī to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy; an inscribed poem ∼HSK 4
血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering); blood and tears ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
民女 民女 mín nǚ woman from an ordinary family ∼HSK 4
审讯 審訊 shěn xùn inquest; trial; interrogation; to try; to interrogate ∼HSK 4
明察 明察 míng chá to note clearly; to perceive ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
前程远大 前程遠大 qián chéng yuǎn dà to have a future full of promise ∼HSK 4
江边 江邊 jiāng biān river bank ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine; general medicine HSK 4
再三 再三 zài sān over and over again; again and again HSK 4
冰雪 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow HSK 4
大姐 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
默默 默默 mò mò in silence; not speaking HSK 4
穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people; the poor HSK 4
鲜花 鮮花 xiān huā flower; fresh flowers HSK 4