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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| 避 避 | to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from | |
| 严 嚴 | tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father | |
| 发烧 發燒 | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever | |
| 泪 淚 | tears | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 扫 掃 | to sweep | |
| 败 敗 | to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither | |
| 青春 青春 | youth; youthfulness | |
| 填 填 | to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 相处 相處 | to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly) | |
| 厚 厚 | thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 移 移 | to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove | |
| 依靠 依靠 | to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 暗 晻 | dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant | |
| 刺 刺 | (onom.) whoosh | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 箱 箱 | box; trunk; chest | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 户 戶 | a household; door; family | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 透 透 | (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc |