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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| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 全体 全體 | all; entire | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 提到 提到 | to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to | |
| 理想 理想 | an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 以上 以上 | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 多么 多麼 | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 教育 教育 | to educate; to teach; education | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 爱情 愛情 | romance; love (romantic) | |
| 实现 實現 | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 自由 自由 | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived |