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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蹉跎岁月 蹉跎歲月 cuō tuó suì yuè to idle away one's time and let the years slip by (idiom); to waste one's life ∼HSK 6
虚度 虛度 xū dù to fritter away (one's time) ∼HSK 6
世代书香 世代書香 shì dài shū xiāng a scholarly family for generations (idiom); from a long line of literati ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
踏雪寻梅 踏雪尋梅 tà xuě xún méi to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum ∼HSK 6
赋诗 賦詩 fù shī to versify; to compose poetry ∼HSK 6
故旧 故舊 gù jiù old friends ∼HSK 6
仁兄 仁兄 rén xiōng (honorific written address) My dear friend ∼HSK 6
不理不睬 不理不睬 bù lǐ bù cǎi to completely ignore (idiom); to pay no attention to; not to be in the least concerned about ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
事到如今 事到如今 shì dào rú jīn as matters stand; things having reached this stage ∼HSK 6
迫于 迫於 pò yú constrained; restricted; forced to; under pressure to do sth ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
珠胎暗结 珠胎暗結 zhū tāi - àn jié to get pregnant out of wedlock ∼HSK 6
吞声 吞聲 tūn shēng to swallow one's cries ∼HSK 6
凭栏 憑欄 píng lán to lean on a parapet ∼HSK 6
痴痴 痴痴 chī chī foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze ∼HSK 6
露水 露水 lù shuǐ dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
好自为之 好自為之 hǎo zì wéi zhī to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own ∼HSK 6
纹银 紋銀 wén yín fine silver ∼HSK 6
满腔 滿腔 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with; full of (joy) ∼HSK 6
残生 殘生 cán shēng remaining years of one's life ∼HSK 6
撒赖 撒賴 sā lài to make a scene; to raise hell ∼HSK 6
垂危 垂危 chuí wēi close to death; life-threatening (illness) ∼HSK 6
罪魁 罪魁 zuì kuí criminal ringleader; chief culprit; fig. cause of a problem ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) ∼HSK 6
恍惚 恍惚 huǎng hū absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly ∼HSK 6
欺人 欺人 qī rén bully others ∼HSK 6
失足 失足 shī zú to lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life ∼HSK 6
罪孽 罪孽 zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
勒马 勒馬 lè mǎ to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse ∼HSK 6
主仆 主僕 zhǔ pú master and servant ∼HSK 6
踉跄 踉蹌 liàng qiàng to stagger; to walk falteringly ∼HSK 6
滔滔 滔滔 tāo tāo torrential ∼HSK 6
渡船 渡船 dù chuán ferry ∼HSK 6
欲绝 欲絕 yù jué heartbroken; inconsolable ∼HSK 6
今生今世 今生今世 jīn shēng jīn shì this present life (idiom); in this lifetime; here and now ∼HSK 6
扑面 撲面 pū miàn lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils ∼HSK 6
丧身 喪身 sàng shēn to lose one's life ∼HSK 6
漂流 漂流 piāo liú to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
事到临头 事到臨頭 shì dào lín tóu when things come to a head (idiom) ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
显灵 顯靈 xiǎn líng (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest ∼HSK 6
烤火 烤火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire ∼HSK 6
面圣 面聖 miàn shèng (old) to have an audience with the emperor ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
无痕 無痕 wú hén traceless ∼HSK 6