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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飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about; to flutter (in the breeze); (dialect) gay guy; (Tw) ghost ∼HSK 6
山丘 山丘 shān qiū hill ∼HSK 6
相救 相救 xiāng jiù rescue ∼HSK 6
下跪 下跪 xià guì to kneel; to go down on one's knees ∼HSK 6
路见不平 路見不平 lù jiàn bù píng to see injustice on the road (and step in to help); to right wrongs one encounters (idiom) ∼HSK 6
领罪 領罪 lǐng zuì to confess one's fault; to accept one's punishment ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
公断 公斷 gōng duàn arbitration (law) ∼HSK 6
自幼 自幼 zì yòu from childhood ∼HSK 6
败德 敗德 bài dé evil conduct ∼HSK 6
灭口 滅口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb ∼HSK 6
明文 明文 míng wén to state in writing (laws, rules etc) ∼HSK 6
刑场 刑場 xíng chǎng execution ground ∼HSK 6
清正廉明 清正廉明 qīng zhèng lián míng upright and honest ∼HSK 6
秉公 秉公 bǐng gōng justly; impartially ∼HSK 6
欺人自欺 欺人自欺 qī rén zì qī to deceive others and oneself (idiom); self-deception ∼HSK 6
罪人 罪人 zuì rén sinner ∼HSK 6
抛却 拋卻 pāo què to discard ∼HSK 6
遁入空门 遁入空門 dùn rù kōng mén to take refuge in religious life ∼HSK 6
伏法 伏法 fú fǎ to be executed ∼HSK 6
披麻带孝 披麻帶孝 pī má dài xiào to wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning; also written 披麻戴孝 ∼HSK 6
上坟 上墳 shàng fén to visit a grave ∼HSK 6
善心 善心 shàn xīn kindness; benevolence; philanthropy; virtuous intentions ∼HSK 6
枉死 枉死 wǎng sǐ to die in tragic circumstances ∼HSK 6
祠堂 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
家祖 家祖 jiā zǔ (polite) my paternal grandfather ∼HSK 6
碑记 碑記 bēi jì a record of events inscribed on a tablet ∼HSK 6
高僧 高僧 gāo sēng eminent monk ∼HSK 6
不怎么样 不怎麼樣 bù zěn me yàng not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it HSK 6
斯文 斯文 sī wén refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle HSK 6
神色 神色 shén sè expression; look HSK 6
狠心 狠心 hěn xīn callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) HSK 6
只得 只得 zhǐ dé to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to HSK 6
脚印 腳印 jiǎo yìn footprint HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force); bandit; robber HSK 6
巧妙 巧妙 qiǎo miào ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
昏 昏 hūn muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness HSK 6
不便 不便 bù biàn inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash HSK 6
自在 自在 zì zai comfortable; at ease HSK 6
壶 壺 hú pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6
枝 枝 zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
低头 低頭 dī tóu to bow the head; to yield; to give in HSK 6
亲眼 親眼 qīn yǎn with one's own eyes; personally HSK 6
渡 渡 dù to cross; to pass through; to ferry HSK 6
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ (for a) long time HSK 6
头疼 頭疼 tóu téng headache HSK 6
织 織 zhī to weave HSK 6
番 番 fān foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort HSK 6