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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白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair ∼HSK 2
对得起 對得起 duì de qǐ not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
看样子 看樣子 kàn yàng zi it seems; it looks as if ∼HSK 2
晴 晴 qíng clear; fine (weather) HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
凉 涼 Liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) HSK 2
不一定 不一定 bù yī dìng not necessarily; maybe HSK 2
今后 今後 jīn hòu hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
出门 出門 chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
不久 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
院 院 yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
闻 聞 wén to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at HSK 2
大人 大人 dà ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
练 練 liàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
讲话 講話 jiǎng huà a speech; to speak; to talk; to address HSK 2
方便 方便 fāng biàn convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself HSK 2
雪 雪 xuě snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) HSK 2
黄 黃 huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
亮 亮 liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
疼 疼 téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
纸 紙 zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
封 封 fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
交给 交給 jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
怎么办 怎麼辦 zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
不够 不夠 bù gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
小心 小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
打算 打算 dǎ suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation HSK 2
怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
养 養 yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
表 表 biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
流 流 liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
推 推 tuī to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage HSK 2
腿 腿 tuǐ leg HSK 2
取 取 qǔ to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
通 通 tōng to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc HSK 2
刚才 剛才 gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
海 海 hǎi ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous HSK 2
就要 就要 jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
自由 自由 zì yóu freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted HSK 2
脚 腳 jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
查 查 chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2