Fallen Petals

Fallen Petals 1968

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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.

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Vocabulary

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shàng ge first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above ∼HSK 1
děng xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
xià ge second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following ∼HSK 1
dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
duì lái shuō as far as I'm concerned ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
nín hǎo hello (polite) ∼HSK 1
jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
de woman ∼HSK 1
ge which ∼HSK 1
shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
zhēn ài true love ∼HSK 1
lǎo nián rén old people; the elderly ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
děng first class; grade A ∼HSK 1
shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
zuì shǎo at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal ∼HSK 1
hàn jiān traitor (to China) ∼HSK 1
cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
shí more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
may not ∼HSK 1
xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
xiào school song ∼HSK 1
jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
jīn zǎo this morning ∼HSK 1
tiān míng dawn; daybreak ∼HSK 1
diāo xiè to wither; to wilt; wizened ∼HSK 1
yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1
bàn nián half a year HSK 1
qǐng jìn "please come in" HSK 1
zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1