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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| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 深更半夜 深更半夜 | in the dead of night (idiom) | Idiom |
| 朝思暮想 朝思暮想 | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) | Idiom |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 苏州 蘇州 | Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 银河 銀河 | Milky Way | Proper Noun |
| 春秋 春秋 | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 万代 萬代 | Bandai toy company | Proper Noun |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 老大爷 老大爺 | uncle; grandpa | |
| 银子 銀子 | money; silver | |
| 状 狀 | form; appearance; shape; official | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 相思 相思 | to yearn; to pine | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 之上 之上 | above | |
| 罪名 罪名 | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 三代 三代 | three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 迷药 迷藥 | knockout drops; incapacitating agent; Mickey Finn | |
| 赶出 趕出 | to drive away | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 罪行 罪行 | crime; offense | |
| 游学 遊學 | to study away from home or abroad (old) | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 补药 補藥 | tonic | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 知心 知心 | caring; intimate | |
| 相会 相會 | to meet together | |
| 架桥 架橋 | to bridge; to put up a bridge | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 檀香 檀香 | sandalwood | |
| 芳心 芳心 | the affection, or heart, of a young woman | |
| 久长 久長 | a long time | |
| 婚事 婚事 | wedding; marriage | |
| 起居 起居 | everyday life; regular pattern of life | |
| 双喜 雙喜 | double happiness; the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage | |
| 百年好合 百年好合 | may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) | |
| 双双 雙雙 | both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously) |