Fallen Petals 1968
落花时节
Taiwan's most glamorous screen couple, Ko Chun-Hsiung and Chang Mei-Yao, co-star in "Fallen Petals", a romance with the unique setting of Taiwan during World War II, when the island was a colony of Japan. Ko is drafted into the Japanese army and forced to leave his pregnant girlfriend behind. When he is presumably killed in action, Chang becomes a cabaret girl to support their baby. Thanks to director Pan Lei's sensitive scenario, the dramatic outcome is far from predictable.
Vocabulary
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| 增加 增加 | to raise; to increase | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 错误 錯誤 | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake | |
| 真实 真實 | true; real | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 变化 變化 | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 正式 正式 | formal; official | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 值得 值得 | to be worth; to deserve | |
| 属于 屬於 | to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 幸福 幸福 | happiness; happy; blessed | |
| 人生 人生 | life (one's time on earth) | |
| 随 隨 | to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 保持 保持 | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all |