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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城 城 chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3
父母 父母 fù mǔ father and mother; parents HSK 3
下去 下去 xià qù to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
到底 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
按 按 àn to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment HSK 3
容易 容易 róng yì easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
双 雙 shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) HSK 3
个人 個人 gè rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
根本 根本 gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
转 轉 zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
者 者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
受 受 shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
千里迢迢 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ - tiáo tiáo (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar Idiom ∼HSK 2
网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment Idiom ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
大雪 大雪 Dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
颜 顏 Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
书生 書生 shū shēng scholar; intellectual; egghead ∼HSK 2
夫 夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
名门 名門 míng mén famous family; prestigious house ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
满门 滿門 mǎn mén the whole family ∼HSK 2
名师 名師 míng shī famous master; great teacher ∼HSK 2