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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妇 婦 fù married women; woman; wife ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
腹 腹 fù stomach, belly, abdomen; inside ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
淑 淑 shū good, pure, virtuous, charming ∼HSK 5
贞 貞 zhēn virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
闺 閨 guī small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman ∼HSK 5
青天大老爷 青天大老爺 qīng tiān dà lǎo ye my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China) ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
禀 稟 bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
宵 宵 xiāo night, evening, dark ∼HSK 5
歇息 歇息 xiēxi rest ∼HSK 5
无礼 無禮 wú lǐ rude; rudely ∼HSK 5
甘 甘 Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
断肠 斷腸 duàn cháng heartbroken; to break one's heart ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
休 休 xiū do not, stop ∼HSK 5
孕 孕 yùn be pregnant, pregnancy ∼HSK 5
旧怨 舊怨 jiù yuàn old grievance; former complaint ∼HSK 5
掩 掩 yǎn to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
暮 暮 mù evening, dusk, sunset; ending ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
婢 婢 bì servant girl; your servant ∼HSK 5
禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person) ∼HSK 5
惧 懼 jù fear, be afraid of, dread ∼HSK 5
伏 伏 Fú crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal ∼HSK 5
迢 迢 tiáo far; distant ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
访求 訪求 fǎng qiú to seek; to search for ∼HSK 5
一年半载 一年半載 yī nián bàn zǎi about a year ∼HSK 5
韵 韻 yùn rhyme; vowel ∼HSK 5
幽怨 幽怨 yōu yuàn hidden bitterness; secret grudge ∼HSK 5
莽撞 莽撞 mǎng zhuàng rash; reckless ∼HSK 5
欠安 欠安 qiàn ān ill (euphemism) ∼HSK 5
儒 儒 rú Confucian scholar ∼HSK 5
妇科 婦科 fù kē gynecology ∼HSK 5
鬼鬼祟祟 鬼鬼祟祟 guǐ guǐ - suì suì (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
打碎 打碎 dǎ suì to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces ∼HSK 5